| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Ralph Forster |
| Birth Date: | 21 July 1835 |
| Birth Place: | Spring Hill, County Durham, England |
| Death Place: | Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Club1: | Cambridge University |
| Year1: | 1859 |
| Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year2: | 1861 - 1870 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 17 |
| Runs1: | 117 |
| Bat Avg1: | 5.57 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/– |
| Top Score1: | 40 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 5/– |
| Date: | 20 April |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/13140.html Cricinfo |
Ralph Forster (21 July 1835 – 17 February 1879) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.
The son of Thomas Forster, he was born at Spring Hill in County Durham in July 1835. He was educated at Harrow School,[1] before going up to Caius College, Cambridge.[2] While studying at Cambridge, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's in 1859.[3] A student of Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the bar in January 1860.[4] During his legal career, Forster wrote the book Copyhold and Customary Tenures.[1] Beginning in 1861, Forster began playing first-class cricket for the MCC, making sixteen appearances to 1870.[3] He had little success in these matches, scoring 117 runs at a low average of 5.85 and a highest score of 40 not out.[5] He married Frances Joanna Stone in December 1862.[2] A justice of the peace, he died at Rome in February 1879 from Bright's disease.[6]