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

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er who played for

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from 1887 to 1889. Ratcliffe was born in

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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 in a match in June against

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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 and 1889 season. 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.George Ratcliffe at Cricket Archive
/ref> Ratcliffe died in

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at the age of 71.

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