James Redmayne

James Richard Studdert Redmayne (born 16 July 1979) is an English former first-class cricketer.

Life

Cricket The son of Richard Redmayne, who is a businessman in corporate finance, and Patricia (née Burke), who runs a relocation business, he was born the first of their three boys (his younger brothers are the actor Eddie Redmayne (born 6 January 1982) and Thomas Redmayne (b.1987).) at Westminster in July 1979. He was educated at Eton College, before going up to Trinity College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, Redmayne played first-class cricket. He made his debut for a combined Oxford Universities team against Gloucestershire at Bristol in 2000. He made two further first-class appearances for Oxford Universities in 2000, in addition to playing for Oxford University against Cambridge University in that years University Match. He didn't feature in first-class cricket in 2001, but did play twice in 2002, making an appearance each for Oxford UCCE against Northamptonshire, and for Oxford in The University Match. In six first-class matches, Redmayne scored 245 runs at an average of 30.62, with a high score of 75 not out.

His brother is the actor Eddie Redmayne, while their paternal great-grandfather was Sir Richard Redmayne, a civil and mining engineer.

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