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| Full name | Giles Nicholas Spencer Ridley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 November 1944 Bulawayo, Rhodesia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Slow left-arm orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Christopher Ridley (brother) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965–1968 | Oxford University | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1965 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1968 | MCC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1969–1972 | Oxfordshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1971–1972 | Minor Counties | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1972 | Minor Counties South | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,9 August 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
Giles Ridley was born in Bulawayo,Rhodesia,and educated at Milton High School in Bulawayo before going to Oxford to study geography at Pembroke College as a Rhodes Scholar. [1] [2]
He 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. [3] 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. [4] This score,his only first-class fifty,came against the touring West Indians in 1966. [5] With the ball,he took 121 wickets at a bowling average of 23.87,with best figures of 7/110. [6] These figures,one of two five wicket hauls he took,came against Gloucestershire on debut in 1965. [7] Only Giles Toogood has taken 7 or more wickets in an innings for Oxford University since.
While studying at Pembroke College,Ridley also made single first-class appearance for Kent against Gloucestershire in the 1965 County Championship. [3] He scored 10 runs in the match,but went wicket-less with the ball. [8] 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. [3] 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. [9] 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. [10] 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. [11] He made a further List A appearance for Oxfordshire,against Durham in the 1972 Gillette Cup. [12] [13]
Playing for Oxfordshire allowed him to represent the Minor Counties cricket team,who he made 2 first-class appearances for. [3] 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. [14] 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. [15] 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. [13] In his 4 matches for the team,he scored 42 runs at an average of 10.50,with a high score of 29. [16] With the ball,he took 2 wickets at an average of 43.00,with best figures of 1/22. [17]
His brother,Christopher,also played first-class cricket for Oxford University. [18]