Robert Michael Ridley (born 8 January 1947) is a former English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Robert Michael Ridley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 January 1947 Oxford, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1967–1970 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972–1973 | Berkshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 2 November 2018 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ridley was born at Oxford in January 1947. He was later educated at Clifton College, before going up to St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, Ridley made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Worcestershire at Oxford in 1967.[2] The following year, he found himself playing a first-class match for Ireland against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Dublin.[2][1] He continued to play first-class cricket for Oxford University until 1970, making a total of 22 first-class appearances for the university.[2] He scored a total of 944 runs in his matches for Oxford, at an average of 24.20, with a highest score of 79.[3] One of eight first-class half centuries he made, this score came against Leicestershire in 1968.[4] He later played minor counties cricket for Berkshire from 1972–1973.[5] Outside of cricket, Ridley worked as a schoolteacher, eventually becoming headmaster of Denstone College, and later the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Player profile: Robert Michael Ridley". CricketEurope. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ a b c "First-Class Matches played by Michael Ridley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Michael Ridley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Oxford University v Leicestershire, 1968". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Michael Ridley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 November 2018.