{{short description|West Indian cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Elvis Reifer | image = | country = West Indies | fullname = Elvis Leroy Reifer | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1961|3|21|df=yes}} | birth_place = Saint George, Barbados | death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|8|26|1961|3|24|df=yes}} | death_place = Bridgetown, Barbados | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Left-handed | bowling = Left-arm fast-medium | family = Raymon Reifer (son)<br>George Reifer (twin-brother)<br>Leslie Reifer (brother)<br>Floyd Reifer (nephew) | club1 = Hampshire | year1 = 1984 | club2 = Barbados | year2 = {{nowrap|1984/85–1985/86}} | columns = 2 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 21 | runs1 = 408 | bat avg1 = 22.66 | 100s/50s1 = –/1 | top score1 = 51* | deliveries1 = 3,221 | wickets1 = 49 | bowl avg1 = 36.95 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 4/43 | catches/stumpings1 = 6/– | column2 = List A | matches2 = 19 | runs2 = 97 | bat avg2 = 9.70 | 100s/50s2 = –/– | top score2 = 24 | deliveries2 = 899 | wickets2 = 19 | bowl avg2 = 34.26 | fivefor2 = – | tenfor2 = – | best bowling2 = 4/46 | catches/stumpings2 = 3/– | date = 7 December | year = 2009 | source = http://www.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/player/52807.html Cricinfo }}
'''Elvis Leroy Reifer''' (21 March 1961 – 26 August 2011) was a Barbadian cricketer.
Reifer was born in Barbados at Saint George in March 1961, alongside his twin-brother George. He was educated at Saint George Secondary School.<ref name="NEWS">{{cite news|url=https://www.nationnews.com/2011/08/28/elvis-reifer-dies-at-50/|title=Elvis Reifer dies at 50|first=Luigi|last=Marshall|work=Nation News|location=Fontabelle|date=28 August 2011|accessdate=19 August 2023}}</ref> Reifer was a key member of the Pickwick Cricket Club in the early 1980s, where as a left-arm fast-medium bowler he opened the bowling alongside Odwin Gilkes.<ref name="NEWS"/> He was signed by Hampshire for the 1984 English season as a replacement for Milton Small, who had been called up to the West Indian team prior to his arrival.<ref name="HCCC">{{cite web|url=https://www.ageasbowl.com/cricket/news/black-history-month-brief-encounters-1/|title=Black History Month: Brief Encounters 1|website=www.ageasbowl.com|date=27 October 2022|accessdate=19 August 2023}}</ref> He made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Cambridge University at Fenner's,<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6950/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Elvis Reifer|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 August 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> taking 4 for 43.<ref name="HCCC"/> Reifer made twenty first-class appearances during his one season at Hampshire,<ref name="FCM"/> taking 49 wickets at an average of 35.93, with his best figures remaining those he took on debut.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6950/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Elvis Reifer|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 August 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> With the bat, he scored 357 runs at a batting average of 19.83, with a highest score of 47.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6950/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Elvis Reifer|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 August 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In addition to playing first-class cricket for Hampshire, Reifer also made his debut in List A one-day cricket for the county against the Combined Universities cricket team in the 1984 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made sixteen one-day appearances for Hampshire,<ref name="LAM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6950/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Elvis Reifer|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 August 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> taking 19 wickets at an average of 28.73, with best figures of 4 for 46.<ref name="LABOWL">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6950/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Elvis Reifer|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 August 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> ''Wisden'' noted that "although bowling well on occasions, he did not make the hoped-for impact",<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|title=The Shorter Wisden 2011 - 2015|first1=Scyld|last1=Berry|first2=Lawrence|last2=Booth|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|location=London|page=641|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v7NRCgAAQBAJ|isbn=9781472927330|language=en}}</ref> and so was not retained for the 1985 season.<ref name="NEWS"/>
Returning to Barbados, Reifer made a single first-class appearance for Barbados against Trinidad and Tobago in the 1985–86 Shell Shield.<ref name="FCM"/> Despite going wicketless in the match, he did make an unbeaten half century batting at number ten in the Barbados first innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/46/46775.html|title=Barbados v Trinidad and Tobago, Shell Shield 1985/86|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 August 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He also made three one-day appearances for Barbados in the 1985–86 Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy,<ref name="LAM"/> but failed to take a wicket in these matches.<ref name="LABOWL"/> Reifer died in his sleep on 26 August 2011 at Bridgetown.<ref name="NEWS"/> He was married to Carol Roberts-Reifer, a well known radio and television personality in Barbados and Chief Executive Officer of the National Cultural Foundation,<ref name="NEWS"/> with their son Raymon playing international cricket for the West Indies. Besides his twin-brother, his elder brother, Leslie, also played first-class and one-day cricket for Barbados. His nephew, Floyd Reifer, is a former captain of the West Indies cricket team.<ref name="BOOK"/>
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==External links== *{{cricinfo|id=52807}}
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