{{short description|Irish cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = Ireland | fullname = Ralph Croft Huband | birth_date = 19 June 1902 | birth_place = Killiskey, Ireland | death_date = {{death date and age|1964|11|7|1902|6|19|df=yes}} | death_place = Lambeth, London, England | nickname = | family = Gilbert Ashton (brother-in-law) | batting = Right-handed | bowling = | role = Wicket-keeper | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1923 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 64 | bat avg1 = 32.00 | 100s/50s1 = –/1 | top score1 = 61* | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 10 January | year = 2022 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15011.html Cricinfo }}
'''Ralph Croft Huband''' (19 June 1902 – 7 November 1964) was an Irish first-class cricketer and educator.
The son of The Reverend Hugo Richard Huband and his wife, Adelaide, he was born at Killiskey in June 1902. He was educated at Winchester College, where he played for the college cricket team as a wicket-keeper. He was present in the match against Eton College in 1920, when John Guise scored 278 runs.<ref name="OBIT">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228442.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1964|date=4 December 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=2022-01-10}}</ref> From Winchester he went up to Pembroke College, Cambridge.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Cambridge University Calendar |date=1922 |publisher=University of Cambridge |page=239 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=45ZHAAAAYAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1923, making two appearances against Middlesex at Fenner's and the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30436/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ralph Huband|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-10|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He had success against Middlesex, scoring 61 not out in a 120 runs stand for the ninth wicket with Gubby Allen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/10/10750.html|title=Cambridge University v Middlesex, 1923|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-10|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He did not gain a blue, with his appearances for the university limited due to the presence of wicket-keepers Dar Lyon and Noel Sherwell in the Cambridge team.<ref name="OBIT"/> After graduating from Cambridge, Huband went into education. He was for many years the headmaster of Lockers Park School in England, where amongst his pupils was the Nawab of Pataudi, who captained India in Test cricket during the 1960s and 1970s.<ref name="OBIT"/> Huband died at Lambeth in November 1964.
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