| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Robert Michael Ridley |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Oxford, Oxfordshire, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
| Club3: | Berkshire |
| Year3: | 1972 - 1973 |
| Club2: | Ireland |
| Year2: | 1968 |
| Club1: | Oxford University |
| Year1: | 1967 - 1970 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 23 |
| Runs1: | 994 |
| Bat Avg1: | 24.24 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/8 |
| Top Score1: | 79 |
| Deliveries1: | 6 |
| Wickets1: | 0 |
| Bowl Avg1: | – |
| Fivefor1: | – |
| Tenfor1: | – |
| Best Bowling1: | – |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 6/– |
| Date: | 2 November |
| Year: | 2018 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/24506.html Cricinfo |
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]