Ray Ritchie

Coaching Career

Vital Statistics

Born
Saturday, 31st October, 1936
Died
Wednesday, 13th May, 2015 (Aged 78 years and 193 days)
Place Of Birth
Paddington, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

Representing NSW in 1957 proved to be a prelude for World Cup selection for Manly's Ray Ritchie. A fine winger who played in Manly's grand final team beaten by St George in 1957, Ritchie represented Australia in the historic World Cup victory that year. While Ritchie’s career was cut short in 1960 because of injury, he had a long career with the club as a lower grade coach before taking over as first grade coach in 1981. Ritchie had his critics that year, but this is harsh when looking at Manly’s 1982 record - winning the mid-week KB Cup and runners-up in the grand final to club champions P’matta. Ritchie stood down for the 1983 season, not to make way for the return of Bob Fulton as widely thought, but for family reasons.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Coaching Career Statistics

All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.

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Competitions

Competition   Games W L D Win %  
NRL 53 32 19 2 60.38% List
NRL Finals 5 3 2 0 60.00% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season Games W L D Win %  
Manly NSWRFL 1981 24 13 9 2 54.17% List
Manly NSWRFL 1982 29 19 10 0 65.52% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years Games W L D Win %  
Manly 1981-82 53 32 19 2 60.38% List

Your Say

  • Anonymous
    28/10/2009

    Ray Ritchie actually played 55 games for Manly between 1955-60. He scored 37 tries.

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