Ray Ritchie

Playing 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

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   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 49 37 -   - 111 28 18 3 57.14% List
Country Carnival 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches Metropolis 1 2 -   - 6 0 1 0 0.00% List
Tour Matches Sydney Firsts 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
Interstate Matches 2 3 -   - 9 2 0 0 100.00% List
NRL Finals 4 1 -   - 3 1 3 0 25.00% List
City vs Country Firsts 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


International

International Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1957 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Sydney Firsts 1956 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
Metropolis 1956 1 2 -   - 6 0 1 0 0.00% List
NSW City Seconds 1957 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1957 2 3 -   - 9 2 0 0 100.00% List
NSW City Firsts 1958 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1956-1958 6 7 0   0 21 5 1 0 83.33% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Manly NSWRFL 1955 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
Manly NSWRFL 1956 17 14 -   - 42 7 7 3 41.18% List
Manly NSWRFL 1957 14 9 -   - 27 9 5 0 64.29% List
Manly NSWRFL 1958 10 9 -   - 27 7 3 0 70.00% List
Manly NSWRFL 1959 7 4 -   - 12 4 3 0 57.14% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Manly 1955-59 49 37 -   - 111 28 18 3 57.14% 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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Contributions: Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, AJ Lucantonio, Alan Katzmann, Shawn Dollin