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Full name | John Ratledge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Preston, Lancashire, England | 8 August 1974||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1997 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | Cumberland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,13 January 2019 |
John Ratledge (born 8 August 1974) is an English barrister and former first-class cricketer.
Born at Preston,Ratledge was educated at Bolton School,before going up to St John's College,Cambridge to study law. [1] While studying at Cambridge he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University,making his debut against Nottinghamshire at Fenner's in 1994. [2] He played first-class cricket for Cambridge from 1994–1997,making a total of 27 appearances at first-class level. [2] Ratledge ended his first-class career having scored a total of 942 runs at an average of 20.04,with a highest score of 100 not out. [3] This score was his only first-class century and came against Oxford University in 1997, [4] in what was his final first-class match. [2] He also bowled twenty overs with his medium pace bowling across his career,taking a single wicket and conceding 108 runs. [5] He gained a blue in cricket. [1]
After graduating from St John's,Ratledge was called to the bar in 1999. [6] He played minor counties cricket for Cumberland in 2006,making four appearances in the Minor Counties Championship. [7] After spending twenty years practicing law at the St John’s Buildings in Manchester,Ratledge moved to East Anglia to practice in Norwich. [6]
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