David Ratcliffe (cricketer), Date of Birth

    

David Ratcliffe (cricketer)

cricketer

Date of Birth: 11-May-1939

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About David Ratcliffe (cricketer)

  • David Philip Ratcliffe (born 11 May 1939) is a former cricketer who played in 20 first-class cricket matches for Warwickshire between 1957 and 1968.
  • 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.
  • This season also included his highest score, an innings of 79 in the match against Scotland when Warwickshire played a largely experimental side.
  • 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.
  • 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.His son, Jason Ratcliffe, also played first-class cricket for Warwickshire before moving to play for Surrey.

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