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 Matthew Hayden. In 1998 he put on 401 for the fifth wicket with Mal Loye against Glamorgan. 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 Sussex.
Ripley served as the first team coach at Northamptonshire between 2012 and 2021 (replacing the late David Capel).
david, ripley, born, september, 1966, leeds, yorkshire, england, cricket, coach, former, cricketer, played, northamptonshire, county, cricket, from, 1984, 2001, personal, informationfull, nameborn, 1966, september, 1966, leeds, yorkshire, englandbattingright, . David Ripley born 13 September 1966 Leeds Yorkshire is an England cricket coach and former cricketer who played for Northamptonshire in county cricket from 1984 2001 David RipleyPersonal informationFull nameDavid RipleyBorn 1966 09 13 13 September 1966 age 57 Leeds Yorkshire EnglandBattingRight handedRoleWicket keeperDomestic team informationYearsTeam1984 2001NorthamptonshireFC debut26 May 1984 Northants v LeicestershireLast FC12 September 2001 Northants v SomersetLA debut27 May 1984 Northants v MiddlesexLast LA2 September 2001 Northants v NottinghamshireCareer statisticsCompetition FC LAMatches 307 281Runs scored 8 693 1 885Batting average 28 40 18 48100s 50s 9 34 0 1Top score 209 52 Balls bowled 60 Wickets 2 Bowling average 51 50 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 n aBest bowling 2 89 Catches stumpings 678 85 227 36Source CricketArchive 23 September 2021 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 Matthew Hayden In 1998 he put on 401 for the fifth wicket with Mal Loye against Glamorgan 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 Sussex 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 County Championship Division 2 and the Friends Life T20 In 2016 Ripley led the County to a second NatWest T20 Blast 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 contractExternal links editDavid Ripley at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Ripley amp oldid 1156541956, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
