Robert Malcolm Ratcliffe (Bob) (born 29 November 1951, Accrington

Accrington

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, Lancashire, England) is a 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 Lancashire

Lancashire County Cricket Club

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from 1972 to 1980. He was a right-handed medium pace bowler and a middle to lower order batsman. In 82 first class matches he took 205 wickets at an average of 26.39 and scored 1022 runs at an average of 16.48. Throughout his career he was dogged by injuries, these forcing him into early retirement at the age of 28. He later played Minor Counties cricket for Cumberland.

• Batting: Right-hand batsman
• Bowling: Right-arm medium pace

• Relations: Son: LJ Ratcliffe

Teams: Lancashire (Main FC: 1972-1980); Lancashire (Main ListA: 1972-1980); All teams
Lancashire Cap: 1976.