Ralph Whitehead

Ralph Whitehead (16 October 1883 – 23 August 1956) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Lancashire from 1908 to 1914. He appeared in 108 first-class matches as a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium fast. He scored 2,578 runs with a highest score of 131 not out among four centuries and took 300 wickets with a best performance of eight for 77.[1]

For the art colony founder, see Ralph Radcliffe Whitehead.

Whitehead had an eventful first-class debut against Nottinghamshire in 1908. Going to the wicket when Lancashire's score was 117 for 6 in reply to Nottinghamshire's first innings total of 177, he scored 131 not out, adding 188 in two and a quarter hours for the seventh wicket with his captain, A. N. Hornby. When Nottinghamshire went in again, 175 in arrears, Whitehead was no-balled for throwing four times and was taken out of the attack. Whitehead and Hornby were together at the end of the match, making the winning runs.[2][3]

References
  1. Ralph Whitehead at CricketArchive
  2. "Lancashire v Nottinghamshire", Cricket, 2 July 1908, p. 53.
  3. "Lancashire v Nottinghamshire 1908". Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
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