Alan Ratcliffe

Alan Ratcliffe (31 March 1909 – 21 August 1967) was an English cricketer. Ratcliffe was a right-handed batsman. He was born in Dulwich, Surrey.

His early education was undertaken at Rydal School, Ratcliffe made his first-class debut for Wales against the touring West Indians in 1928 scoring 71, facing the tourists' genuinely quick attack at Llandudno with confidence, hitting a six and 9 fours. He later made 3 further first-class appearances for Wales, the last of which came against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1930. He scored 227 runs for Wales, which came at an average of 32.42, with a high score of 73.

Ratcliffe undertook his studies at Cambridge University in 1930, it was in that same year that he made his debut for Cambridge University Cricket Club in a first-class match against Yorkshire, the same season in which he made his debut for Denbighshire in the Minor Counties Championship, with him playing 4 further matches for the Welsh county up to 1931. He represented Cambridge University in first-class cricket on another 32 occasions, with his final match for the university coming against Oxford University in 1932. This innings exceeded the highest score made in a university match by 29 runs, beating the previous high score held by John Marsh. This record though stood for only one day, as the next day the Nawab of Pataudi broke this record by scoring 238 not out for Oxford University.

Ratcliffe died in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on 21 August 1967.