| Elvis Reifer | |
| Country: | West Indies |
| Fullname: | Elvis Leroy Reifer |
| Birth Date: | 21 March 1961 |
| Birth Place: | Saint George, Barbados |
| Death Place: | Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Batting: | Left-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm fast-medium |
| Family: | Raymon Reifer (son) George Reifer (twin-brother) Leslie Reifer (brother) Floyd Reifer (nephew) |
| Club1: | Hampshire |
| Year1: | 1984 |
| Club2: | Barbados |
| 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.[1] 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.[1] 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.[2] He made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Cambridge University at Fenner's,[3] taking 4 for 43.[2] Reifer made twenty first-class appearances during his one season at Hampshire,[3] taking 49 wickets at an average of 35.93, with his best figures remaining those he took on debut.[4] With the bat, he scored 357 runs at a batting average of 19.83, with a highest score of 47.[5] 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,[6] taking 19 wickets at an average of 28.73, with best figures of 4 for 46.[7] Wisden noted that "although bowling well on occasions, he did not make the hoped-for impact",[8] and so was not retained for the 1985 season.[1]
Returning to Barbados, Reifer made a single first-class appearance for Barbados against Trinidad and Tobago in the 1985–86 Shell Shield.[3] Despite going wicketless in the match, he did make an unbeaten half century batting at number ten in the Barbados first innings.[9] He also made three one-day appearances for Barbados in the 1985–86 Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy,[6] but failed to take a wicket in these matches.[7] Reifer died in his sleep on 26 August 2011 at Bridgetown.[1] He was married to Carol Roberts-Reifer, a well known radio and television personality in Barbados,[1] 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.[8]