David Philip Ratcliffe (11 May 1939 — 30 April 2021) is a former cricketer who played in 20 first-class cricket matches for Warwickshire between 1957 and 1968.[1] He was born in Hall Green, Birmingham.
Ratcliffe was a right-handed opening batsman. He appeared in occasional first-team matches from 1957 to 1962, but only in 1961 did he have any success, scoring 378 runs in 10 games with an average of 22.23.[1] This season also included his highest score, an innings of 79 in the match against Scotland when Warwickshire played a largely experimental side.[2] In the next Warwickshire match, he made 62 against Somerset and this was his only score of more than 50 in a County Championship game.[3] After 1962, he continued to play for Warwickshire's second eleven across the 1960s, and made a single final appearance in the first team for the match against Scotland in 1968.[1]
His son, Jason Ratcliffe, also played first-class cricket for Warwickshire before moving to play for Surrey.
References
edit- ^ a b c "David Ratcliffe". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
- ^ "Scorecard: Warwickshire v Scotland". www.cricketarchive.com. 10 May 1961. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- ^ "Scorecard: Warwickshire v Somerset". www.cricketarchive.com. 13 May 1961. Retrieved 26 July 2015.