 He scored 227 runs for Wales, which came at an average of 32.42, with a high score of 73.Ratcliffe undertook his studies at Cambridge University in 1930, it was in that same year that he made his debut for Cambridge University Cricket Club in a first-class match against Yorkshire, the same season in which he made debut for Denbighshire in the Minor Counties Championship, with him playing 4 further matches for the Welsh county up to 1931.He represented Cambridge University in first-class cricket on another 32 occasions, with his final match for the university coming against Oxford University in 1932.