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Alan Ridley

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Playing Career

All information provided below is based only on data available in the RLP database and should be used as a guide only.

Vital Statistics

Born
Monday, 18th July, 1910
Died
Friday, 24th September, 1993 (Aged 83 years and 68 days)
Place Of Birth
Gulargambone, New South Wales, Australia

Competitions Won

Interstate Series
1929, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
NSW City vs Country Firsts
1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
1934

Biography

Canberra junior, colourfully described as a 'giant speed merchant', represented Country Firsts and NSW as an 18-year-old before gaining selection on the 1929-30 Kangaroo tour. Although a knee injury limited his appearances on tour, the talented winger scored 11 tries in 7 tour matches (no Tests). Ridley captained Queanbeyan in 1930, but the powerfully built flankman's career flourished after joining Wests in 1931. Ridley went on to play for NSW again in 1933 and made his second Kangaroo tour at year's end. He played in two Tests against England on tour and was leading try-scorer with 25 tries. On his return, he proved that his career was still at its peak when he scored four tries in an interstate match and a double in Wests' 15-12 win over Easts in the 1934 final. Ridley played in all three Tests against England in 1936. A record holder with the now defunct Magpies club - most tries in a match (6t against Newtown in 1934) and most tries in a season (18t in 1932), he returned the country at the end of his playing career. A former mayor of Orange, Ridley passed away in 1993, aged 83.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Representative Career - International Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Tests (Senior International Matches) -6-61-1---3---15-16.67%List
The Ashes -5-51-1---3---14-20.00%List
Tour MatchesAustraliaAUS-37-3739-39---117---2611-70.27%List
Tour MatchesSydney FirstsSDF-1-1-----------1-0.00%List
Tour MatchesNew South Wales FirstsNFI-18-1825-254--83---143177.78%List
Test Series -5-51-1---3---14-20.00%List
Representative Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Interstate Series 518-1825-251--77---134172.22%List
NSW City vs Country Firsts 46-612-12---36---51-83.33%List
NSW City vs Country 46-612-12---36---51-83.33%List
Club Career - Australia Comp WinsStartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Country Carnival -2-22-2---6---11-50.00%List
NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) 164-6464-641--194---4121264.06%List
NRL Finals -7-75-5---15---52-71.43%List
Overall StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
First Class 133-133149-1495--457---9238369.17%List

Test Matches - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Australia1933-34, 1936 6-61-1---3---15-16.67%List

Australia - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Southern Division1929 2-22-2---6---11-50.00%List
Combined Country1929 1-11-1---3----1-0.00%List
NSW Firsts1929, 1933-36 25-2534-344--110---204180.00%List
NSW Country Firsts1929 1-11-1---3----1-0.00%List
Metropolis1932 1-1-----------1-0.00%List
NSW City Firsts1933-36 5-511-11---33---5--100.00%List
NSW City Possibles1933 1-1-----------1-0.00%List
Sydney Firsts1936 2-2-----------2-0.00%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Year

TeamSeason StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Western SuburbsWestern Suburbs19311931 NSWRFL 13-1312-12---36---85-61.54%List
Western SuburbsWestern Suburbs19321932 NSWRFL 16-1618-181--56---124-75.00%List
Western SuburbsWestern Suburbs19331933 NSWRFL 4-43-3---9---21150.00%List
Western SuburbsWestern Suburbs19341934 NSWRFL 13-137-7---21---112-84.62%List
Western SuburbsWestern Suburbs19351935 NSWRFL 12-1215-15---45---75-58.33%List
Western SuburbsWestern Suburbs19361936 NSWRFL 6-69-9---27---14116.67%List

NSWRFL (NRL Premiership) - By Team

TeamYears StartsIntAPP3ST3PTTG2FGFGPtsBin5BinOffWLDWin% 
Western Suburbs1931-36 64-6464-641--194---4121264.06%List

Your Say

  • Neil Pollock
    13 Nov 2019 9:42pm

    Alan Ridley was the commentator for 2GZ Orange when the first Maher Cup live broadcast was made at Cowra (v Cootamundra) on 14 July 1937.

  • Peter Dowling
    23 Sep 2020 12:41am

    Allan Ridley served with the 55/53rd Bn during WWII and was part of the undefeated 55/53 team in Qld 1943-1944 where this team was not matched. This team was led by Queenslander Captain Lisha Kayrooz [a Lieutenant in the 55/53rd Bn Mice of Moresby]

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Contributions: Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Max Turner, Andrew Ferguson, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Bill Bates

Sources:2006 Official Rugby League Annual