Michael Ridley (cricketer)

Michael Ridley
Personal information
Full name	Robert Michael Ridley
Born	8 January 1947; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
1972–1973	Berkshire
1968	Ireland
1967–1970	Oxford University
Career statistics
Matches	23
Runs scored	994
Batting average	24.24
100s/50s	–/8
Top score	79
Balls bowled	6
Wickets	0
Bowling average	–
5 wickets in innings	–
10 wickets in match	–
Best bowling	–
Catches/stumpings	6/–
	Source: Cricinfo, 2 November 2018

Robert Michael Ridley (born 8 January 1947) is a former English first-class cricketer.

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]

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