Playing Career
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
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Interstate Series
- 1929, 1933, 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
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 | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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Country Carnival | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
City vs Country Firsts | - | 6 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 18 | 25 | 4 | - | 83 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 77.78% | List | |||
Interstate Series | 4 | 18 | 25 | 1 | - | 77 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 72.22% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Australia | - | 37 | 39 | - | - | 117 | 26 | 11 | 0 | 70.27% | List | |||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 64 | 64 | 1 | - | 194 | 41 | 21 | 2 | 64.06% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Finals | - | 7 | 5 | - | - | 15 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 71.43% | List | ||||
The Ashes | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
Test Series | - | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 0 | 20.00% | List | ||||
Tour Matches | Sydney Firsts | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
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Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Australia | 1933-34, 1936 | 6 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 16.67% | List | ||||
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Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Southern Division | 1929 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Combined Country | 1929 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSW Firsts | 1929, 1933-36 | 25 | 34 | 4 | - | 110 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 80.00% | List | ||||
NSW Country Firsts | 1929 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Metropolis | 1932 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
NSW City Firsts | 1933-36 | 5 | 11 | - | - | 33 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
NSW City Possibles | 1933 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Sydney Firsts | 1936 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
Overall | 1929-1936 | 38 | 49 | 4 | 0 | 155 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 68.42% | List | ||||
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NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1931 | 13 | 12 | - | - | 36 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 61.54% | List | ||||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1932 | 16 | 18 | 1 | - | 56 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1933 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 50.00% | List | ||||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1934 | 13 | 7 | - | - | 21 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 84.62% | List | ||||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1935 | 12 | 15 | - | - | 45 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58.33% | List | ||||
Western Suburbs | NSWRFL 1936 | 6 | 9 | - | - | 27 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 16.67% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
Western Suburbs | 1931-36 | 64 | 64 | 1 | - | 194 | 41 | 21 | 2 | 64.06% | List |
Contributions:
Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Tony McCarron, Max Turner, Alan Katzmann, Paul Carter, Bill Bates
Sources:
2006 Official Rugby League Annual
Your Say
13/11/2019
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.
22/09/2020
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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