Roderic George Ripley was an English cricketer active from 1922 to 1929 who played for
Northamptonshire
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(Northants) in 1922 and later for
Eastern Province in South Africa. He was born in
Kettering
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on 16 May 1900 and died in
Kimberley
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, South Africa, on 29 January 1932. He appeared in six first-class matches as a righthanded
batsman
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who scored 94
runs with a highest score of 23.
Roderic Ripley at CricketArchive
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1900 births
1932 deaths
English cricketers
Northamptonshire cricketers
Eastern Province cricketers
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