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]

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External links

• Michael Ridley at ESPNcricinfo