Ralph Forster

Ralph Forster JP (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.

[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.

[2] A justice of the peace, he died at Rome in February 1879 from Bright's disease.