Thomas Ridley (cricketer)

Thomas Glynn Ridley (20 July 1858 – 30 June 1945) was an English first-class cricketer, barrister and clergyman.

Thomas Ridley

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Glynn Ridley
Born	20 July 1858 Cullercoats, Northumberland, England
Died	20 June 1945 (aged 86) Sea Point, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm roundarm slow
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 33 Batting average 16.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 32 Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 6 August 2019

The second son of Thomas Ridley, he was born at Cullercoats in July 1858.[1] He was educated at Uppingham School, before going up to Exeter College, Oxford.[2] Though he did not play first-class cricket for Oxford University while studying there, he did feature in one first-class match for the Gentlemen of England against Oxford University at Oxford in 1880.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 32 runs in the Gentlemen of England first-innings by George Robinson, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a single run by the same bowler.[4] He graduated from Oxford in 1883.[2] A student of Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the bar in 1884.[1] He later took holy orders and became a reverend. He died in South Africa at Sea Point, near Cape Town, in June 1945.

References

1. Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar. Reeves and Turner. pp. 393.
2. Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 1200.
3. "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Ridley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
4. "Oxford University v Gentlemen of England, 1881". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 August 2019.

External links

• Thomas Ridley at ESPNcricinfo