David Ripley (born 13 September 1966,

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cricket coach and former

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in county cricket from 1984-2001. He took 678 catches and 85 stumpings. In his 307 first-class games he scored 8693 runs at 28.40 with nine centuries. He attended Royds comprehensive school where he also excelled in football. He played youth cricket for Carlton Cricket Club, and for Leeds Loe Lumb and Yorkshire Colts at representative level, winning his Yorkshire cap at age 14. Ripley was appointed vice-captain of Northamptonshire in 1999 and became captain in his final season, replacing

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. In 1998 he put on 401 for the fifth wicket with

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. To date they are the only Northamptonshire pair to ever put on 400 runs. His most prolific year with the gloves came in 1988 with 81 dismissals. In the same year he took six dismissals in an innings against

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. Ripley served as the first team coach at Northamptonshire between 2012 and 2021 (replacing the late David Capel). In 2013, Ripley led Northants to promotion from

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. In 2016, Ripley led the County to a second

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success. He stood down in September 2021 and has been replaced by his former assistant John Sadler. In December 2021, Ripley was appointed interim coach of Cricket Ireland on a 3 month contract

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