Claim: John Maunsell Richardson played cricket for Cambridge, his last game was for Marylebone Cricket Club and played alongside Alfred Shaw.
Evidence: John Maunsell Richardson JP DL (Great Limber, Caistor, Lincolnshire 12 June 1846 – Westminster, London, 22 January 1912), known to his friends as the "Cat", was a cricketer who played First-class cricket for Cambridge University, Member of Parliament and a steeplechase jockey who won two Grand Nationals as a rider in the 1870s. Richardson's last first-class cricket match was for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) v Nottinghamshire in 1874. MCC beat a strong Nottinghamshire side that included future England captain Alfred Shaw by 6 wickets.