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Full name | Archibald Ernest Ridley | ||||||||||||||
Born | Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England | 22 September 1869||||||||||||||
Died | 1 February 1950 Christchurch, New Zealand | (aged 80)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Relations | Harry Ridley (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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1889-90 to 1909-10 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||
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Cricinfo, 31 October 2017 |
Archibald Ernest Ridley (22 September 1869 – 1 February 1950) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1890 to 1910 and represented New Zealand in the 1890s. [1]
Born in Monmouthshire in 1869, Archie Ridley was one of nine children of the Rev. Morris Samuel Ridley. [2] He was educated in England and in New Zealand. He took up employment with Dalgety and Co. Ltd in Christchurch. [3] He later worked on his own in Christchurch as an insurance broker. [4]
A middle-order batsman, Ridley played several seasons for Canterbury in the early 1890s with only moderate success. However, he was "Canterbury's outstanding outfield of the day", who took many spectacular catches. [5] In the match against Otago in 1894-95, his running one-handed catch on the boundary was described by the Lyttelton Times as "the most sensational deep-field catch ever made in Christchurch". [6]
He was selected to play for a New Zealand XV against the touring Australians early in the 1896-97 season, making 23 (the top score) and 20 in a loss for New Zealand. [7] A few weeks later he played a first-class match for New Zealand against the visiting Queensland team, which New Zealand won. He scored 9 and 30. [8]
In the match against Otago in 1897-98 Canterbury needed 155 to win and were 70 for five before Ridley, 76 not out, took Canterbury to a four-wicket victory helped by the lower-order batsmen. His was the highest score in the match; only two other batsmen had reached 30. [9]
He was not selected in New Zealand's team to tour Australia in 1898-99. Dan Reese, who toured in the team, said of the team selection that "the greatest mistake [was] the omission of Archie Ridley of Canterbury". [10] In March 1900, after Ridley top-scored with 63 for Canterbury in a two-day match against the touring Melbourne Cricket Club, [11] the Australian Test cricketer Hugh Trumble said he was one of the best batsmen in New Zealand. [12]
In November 1908, playing for his club Linwood in the Christchurch competition, Ridley scored 217 not out in three and a half hours in a total of 402, playing strokes "brilliantly yet neatly all round the wicket, his cutting and gliding being a treat". [13] It was a record score for the competition until Carl Beal scored 242 not out in 1915. [14] A few weeks later Ridley made 82 (his highest first-class score) and 26 in Canterbury's victory over Wellington. [15]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Archibald Ernest Ridley | ||||||||||||||
Born | Chepstow, Monmouthshire, England | 22 September 1869||||||||||||||
Died | 1 February 1950 Christchurch, New Zealand | (aged 80)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
Relations | Harry Ridley (brother) | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1889-90 to 1909-10 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 31 October 2017 |
Archibald Ernest Ridley (22 September 1869 – 1 February 1950) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1890 to 1910 and represented New Zealand in the 1890s. [1]
Born in Monmouthshire in 1869, Archie Ridley was one of nine children of the Rev. Morris Samuel Ridley. [2] He was educated in England and in New Zealand. He took up employment with Dalgety and Co. Ltd in Christchurch. [3] He later worked on his own in Christchurch as an insurance broker. [4]
A middle-order batsman, Ridley played several seasons for Canterbury in the early 1890s with only moderate success. However, he was "Canterbury's outstanding outfield of the day", who took many spectacular catches. [5] In the match against Otago in 1894-95, his running one-handed catch on the boundary was described by the Lyttelton Times as "the most sensational deep-field catch ever made in Christchurch". [6]
He was selected to play for a New Zealand XV against the touring Australians early in the 1896-97 season, making 23 (the top score) and 20 in a loss for New Zealand. [7] A few weeks later he played a first-class match for New Zealand against the visiting Queensland team, which New Zealand won. He scored 9 and 30. [8]
In the match against Otago in 1897-98 Canterbury needed 155 to win and were 70 for five before Ridley, 76 not out, took Canterbury to a four-wicket victory helped by the lower-order batsmen. His was the highest score in the match; only two other batsmen had reached 30. [9]
He was not selected in New Zealand's team to tour Australia in 1898-99. Dan Reese, who toured in the team, said of the team selection that "the greatest mistake [was] the omission of Archie Ridley of Canterbury". [10] In March 1900, after Ridley top-scored with 63 for Canterbury in a two-day match against the touring Melbourne Cricket Club, [11] the Australian Test cricketer Hugh Trumble said he was one of the best batsmen in New Zealand. [12]
In November 1908, playing for his club Linwood in the Christchurch competition, Ridley scored 217 not out in three and a half hours in a total of 402, playing strokes "brilliantly yet neatly all round the wicket, his cutting and gliding being a treat". [13] It was a record score for the competition until Carl Beal scored 242 not out in 1915. [14] A few weeks later Ridley made 82 (his highest first-class score) and 26 in Canterbury's victory over Wellington. [15]