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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = Ralph Docker
| image =
| country = England
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1855|8|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Harborne]]. [[Staffordshire]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1910|7|7|1855|8|31|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Tunbridge Wells]], [[Kent]], England
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role =
| family = {{ubl|[[Frank Dudley Docker]] (brother)|[[Ludford Docker]] (brother)}}
| club1 = [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]]
| year1 = 1879
| type1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]
| debutdate1 = 26 May
| debutyear1 = 1879
| debutfor1 = Derbyshire
| debutagainst1 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club|MCC]]
| lastdate1 = 5 June
| lastyear1 = 1879
| lastfor1 = Derbyshire
| lastagainst1 = [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]]
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 9
| bat avg1 = 2.25
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0
| top score1 = 6
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1= 2/–
| date = 2 February
| year = 2011
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Players/29/29104/29104.html CricketArchive
}}
'''Ralph Docker''' (31 August 1855 — 7 July 1910) was an English [[cricket]]er who played first-class cricket for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] in 1879.

Docker was born in [[Harborne]], [[Staffordshire]], the son of Ralph Docker and his wife Sarah Sankey. His father was a solicitor in practice at [[Birmingham]] and [[Smethwick]] who took on a large number of public appointments.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=kHx7hVRhKfYC&dq=%22Docker+brothers%22&pg=PA12 R. P. T. Davenport-Hines ''Dudley Docker: The Life and Times of a Trade Warrior'' Cambridge University Press 2004]</ref> He was educated at [[King Edward's School, Birmingham]]. In 1873 he played for a Birmingham XXII against an All England XI, and then in 1878 in another Birmingham XXII against an Australian team.

Docker played two matches for Derbyshire in the [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1879|1879 season]] making his debut against [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in May 1879, as an opening batsman, and played his first and only county match two weeks later, moving down the order to face [[Lancashire County Cricket Club|Lancashire]]. He made a total of 9 runs in his four first-class innings. Later in the season he played again for Birmingham. In 1880 he played a game for [[Staffordshire County Cricket Club|Staffordshire]], and in 1883 and 1885 one game each year for [[Warwickshire County Cricket Club|Warwickshire]] which was before the club had first-class status. His last match against touring Parsees was for Gentlemen of Warwickshire in 1888.<ref>[https://cricketarchive.com/Players/29/29104/29104.html Ralph Docker at Cricket Archive]</ref>

Docker died in [[Tunbridge Wells]] aged 55. Docker had two younger brothers [[Frank Dudley Docker]] and [[Ludford Docker]] who managed the industrial and financial concern Docker Brothers and who also played cricket for Derbyshire, Ludford being club captain.

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