# Alan Ratcliffe > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alan_Ratcliffe > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alan_Ratcliffe.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ratcliffe > Source revision: 1342038948 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|English cricketer}} {{EngvarB|date=August 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Alan Ratcliffe | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1909|1|31|df=y}} | birth_place = [Dulwich](/source/Dulwich), Surrey, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1967|8|21|1909|1|31|df=y}} | death_place = [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Ontario, Canada | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = | family = | club1 = [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club) | year1 = 1937–1939 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club) | year2 = 1932–1933 | clubnumber2 = | club3 = [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) | year3 = 1931–1939 | clubnumber3 = | club4 = [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) | year4 = 1930–1932 | clubnumber4 = | club5 = [Denbighshire](/source/Denbighshire_County_Cricket_Club) | year5 = 1930–1931 | clubnumber5 = | club6 = [Wales](/source/Wales_cricket_team) | year6 = 1928–1930 | clubnumber6 = | columns = 1 | column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket) | matches1 = 49 | runs1 = 1,969 | bat avg1 = 26.25 | 100s/50s1 = 5/9 | top score1 = 201 | deliveries1 = 30 | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = 39/– | date = 13 August | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19580.html Cricinfo }} '''Alan Ratcliffe''' (31 March 1909 – 21 August 1967) was an English [cricket](/source/cricket)er. Ratcliffe was a right-handed [batsman](/source/Batsman_(cricket)). He was born in [Dulwich](/source/Dulwich), Surrey. His early education was undertaken at [Rydal School](/source/Rydal_Penrhos),{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228444.html|title=Obituaries in 1967|work=[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)|date=4 December 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=13 August 2011}} Ratcliffe made his [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) debut for [Wales](/source/Wales_cricket_team) against the touring [West Indians](/source/West_Indies_cricket_team) in 1928 scoring 71, facing the tourists' genuinely quick attack at Llandudno with confidence, hitting a six and 9 fours.{{Cite news |date=27 July 1928 |title=Wales v West Indies: Fine Innings by Rydal Schoolboy |work=The Manchester Guardian |pages=4}} He later made 3 further first-class appearances for Wales, the last of which came against the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) in 1930.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32249/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Alan Ratcliffe|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 August 2011}} He scored 227 runs for Wales, which came at an [average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 32.42, with a high score of 73.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32249/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Alan Ratcliffe|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 August 2011}} Ratcliffe undertook his studies at [Cambridge University](/source/Cambridge_University) in 1930, it was in that same year that he made his debut for [Cambridge University Cricket Club](/source/Cambridge_University_Cricket_Club) in a first-class match against [Yorkshire](/source/Yorkshire_County_Cricket_Club), the same season in which he made his debut for [Denbighshire](/source/Denbighshire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship), with him playing 4 further matches for the Welsh county up to 1931.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32249/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Alan Ratcliffe|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 August 2011}} He represented Cambridge University in first-class cricket on another 32 occasions, with his final match for the university coming against [Oxford University](/source/Oxford_University_Cricket_Club) in 1932. In his 33 first-class appearances, he scored 1,545 runs at an average of 30.29. He made 7 [fifties](/source/half_century) and 5 [centuries](/source/century_(cricket)), with a high score of 201. This score, which was his only career double century, came against Oxford University at [Lord's](/source/Lord's).{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13955.html|title=Oxford University v Cambridge University, 1931|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 August 2011}} This innings exceeded the highest score made in a [university match](/source/The_University_Match_(cricket)) by 29 runs, beating the previous high score held by [John Marsh](/source/John_Marsh_(cricketer%2C_born_1875)). This record though stood for only one day, as the next day the [Nawab of Pataudi](/source/Iftikhar_Ali_Khan_Pataudi) broke this record by scoring 238 [not out](/source/not_out) for Oxford University. While at Cambridge, he also made the first of first-class appearances for the [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club) against the [Army](/source/British_Army_cricket_team). His performances for Cambridge University caught the eyes of [Surrey](/source/Surrey_County_Cricket_Club), who signed him. He made his debut for Surrey midway through the [1932 season](/source/1932_English_cricket_season) against [Hampshire](/source/Hampshire_County_Cricket_Club). He made 6 further first-class appearances for Surrey, the last of which came against [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire_County_Cricket_Club) in the [1933 County Championship](/source/1933_County_Championship). His time at Surrey was less successful than his endeavours at Cambridge, with him scoring just 142 runs at an average of 17.75, with a high score of 34. He left Surrey at the end of the [1933 season](/source/1933_English_cricket_season), later joining [Buckinghamshire](/source/Buckinghamshire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1937, making his debut for the county in that seasons Minor Counties Championship against [Bedfordshire](/source/Bedfordshire_County_Cricket_Club). He made 11 further appearances for Buckinghamshire, the last of which came against [Hertfordshire](/source/Hertfordshire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1939. During this period, two further first-class appearances came for the Marylebone Cricket Club, in 1938 against Yorkshire and in Cambridge University in 1939. Following [World War II](/source/World_War_II), he made one further first-class appearance, for an Over-33 team against an Under-33 team at Lord's in 1945, although this final appearance came with no success.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/17/17502.html|title=Over 33 v Under 33, 1945|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=13 August 2011}} Ratcliffe died in [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Ontario, Canada on 21 August 1967. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19580.html Alan Ratcliffe] at [ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo) *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32249/32249.html Alan Ratcliffe] at CricketArchive {{DEFAULTSORT:Ratcliffe, Alan}} Category:1909 births Category:1967 deaths Category:People from Dulwich Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Southwark Category:People educated at Rydal Penrhos Category:Alumni of the University of Cambridge Category:English cricketers Category:Wales cricketers Category:Denbighshire cricketers Category:Cambridge University cricketers Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Category:Surrey cricketers Category:Buckinghamshire cricketers Category:20th-century English sportsmen Category:English expatriates in Canada Category:British expatriates in Canada Category:People from the London Borough of Southwark Category:Minor Counties cricketers Category:Buckinghamshire cricket captains --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alan Ratcliffe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ratcliffe) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ratcliffe?action=history)). 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