Giles Ridley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Giles Ridley

cricketer

Date of Birth: 27-Nov-1944

Place of Birth: Bulawayo, Bulawayo Province, Zimbabwe

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Giles Ridley

  • Giles Nicholas Spencer Ridley (born 27 November 1944) is a former English cricketer.
  • Ridley was a right-handed batsman who bowled slow left-arm orthodox.
  • He was born in Bulawayo, Rhodesia. Ridley made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Gloucestershire in 1965.
  • He made 40 further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Cambridge University in 1968.
  • In his 41 first-class matches for the university, he scored 799 runs at an average of 14.26, with a high score of 50 not out.
  • This score, his only first-class fifty, came against the touring West Indians in 1966.
  • With the ball, he took 121 wickets at a bowling average of 23.87, with best figures of 7/110.
  • These figures, one of two five wicket hauls he took, came against Gloucestershire on debut in 1965.
  • Only Giles Toogood has taken 7 or more wickets in an innings for Oxford University since. While studying at Pembroke College, Oxford, Ridley also made single first-class appearance for Kent against Gloucestershire in the 1965 County Championship.
  • He scored 10 runs in the match, but went wicket-less with the ball.
  • Following his final match for the university in 1968, he proceeded to tour Ireland with the Marylebone Cricket Club, playing a single first-class match against Ireland on the tour.
  • He went wicket-less in the Irish first-innings, but took the wicket of Michael Ridley in the Irish second-innings.
  • In the Marylebone Cricket Club's only innings, he scored 9 runs before being dismissed by Dougie Goodwin.
  • In 1969, he joined Oxfordshire, who he made his debut for against Buckinghamshire in the Minor Counties Championship.
  • He played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1969 to 1972, making 28 Minor Counties Championship appearances.
  • He made his List A debut against Worcestershire in the 1970 Gillette Cup.
  • In this match, he was dismissed for a duck by Vanburn Holder.
  • He made a further List A appearance for Oxfordshire, against Durham in the 1972 Gillette Cup.Playing for Oxfordshire allowed him to represent the Minor Counties cricket team, who he made 2 first-class appearances for.
  • The first of these came against the touring Indians in 1971.
  • In this match, he wasn't required to bat in the Minor Counties first-innings, while in their second-innings he scored 35 runs before being dismissed by Ashok Mankad.
  • In the Indians first-innings he took the wicket of Abbas Baig for the cost of 59 runs from 18 overs.
  • The second of these came against the touring Australians in 1972.
  • In this match, he bowled 3 wicket-less in the Australians only innings.
  • With the bat, Ridley scored 6 unbeaten runs in the Minor Counties first-innings, while in their second-innings he scored 30 runs, before being dismissed by John Inverarity.
  • He also played List A cricket for Minor Counties South, making his debut for the team in the 1972 Benson & Hedges Cup against Somerset.
  • He made 3 further appearances in that season's competition.
  • In his 4 matches for the team, he scored 42 runs at an average of 10.50, with a high score of 29.
  • With the ball, he took 2 wickets at an average of 43.00, with best figures of 1/22.His brother, Christopher, also played first-class cricket for Oxford University.

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