Another cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1919 season was named George Ratcliffe

George Ratcliffe (cricketer, born 1882)

Another cricketer who played for Derbyshire during the 1887 season was named George Ratcliffe.George Ratcliffe was an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire in 1919....

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George Ratcliffe (born George Ratcliff 1 April 1856 — 7 March 1928) was an English

England

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 cricket

Cricket

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

er who played for Derbyshire

Derbyshire County Cricket Club

Derbyshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the England and Wales domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Derbyshire...

 from 1887 to 1889.

Ratcliffe was born in Ilkeston

Ilkeston

Ilkeston is a town within the Borough of Erewash, in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the River Erewash, from which the local borough takes its name. Its population at the 2001 census was 37,550...

, Derbyshire

Derbyshire

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, the son of George Ratcliff, a coal miner, and his wife Priscilla. He became a butcher.

Ratcliffe made his debut for Derbyshire in the 1887 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1887

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1887 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for sixteen years and was the last season before they lost first class status for seven years.-1887 season:...

 in a match in June against Surrey

Surrey County Cricket Club

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. In this he scored 64, but his average fell from this point in his remaining four first class matches. At the end of the season Derbyshire left the championship but Ratcliffe continued to play for the club in the 1888

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1888

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1888 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for seventeen years and it was the first season they lost first class status.-1888 season:...

 and 1889 season

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1889

Derbyshire Country Cricket Club in 1889 was the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing nineteen years. Derbyshire's matches were not considered to be first class in this season. The club had lost first class status after 1887 and did not regain it until 1894, the year...

. Ratcliffe was a left-handed middle-upper order batsman and played in 10 innings in 5 first class matches. He bowled two overs but did not take a wicket.

Ratcliffe died in Nottingham

Nottingham

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at the age of 72.