Philip Lovett Ridings AO (2 October 1917 – 13 September 1998) was an Australian cricketer.[1] He attended Unley High School from 1930 to 1934.
 Ridings in New Zealand in 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Philip Lovett Ridings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 October 1917 Malvern, South Australia, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 September 1998 (aged 80) Adelaide, South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Ken Ridings (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1937–38 to 1956–57 | South Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 31 December 2016 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nicknamed "Pancho",[2] Ridings played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1937 to 1957, scoring nine hundreds. Primarily a batsman, he also took 61 first-class wickets with his fast-medium pace bowling. He was captain of the South Australia team that officially complained to the New South Wales Cricket Association over the Sid Barnes twelfth man incident.
After his playing days, Ridings was a cricket administrator and Chairman of the Australian Cricket Board from 1980 to 1983.[3]
Ridings was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in 1982.[4]
References
edit- ^ Phil Ridings. Cricinfo
- ^ Benaud, R. (2010) Over but not out, Hachette, London. p. 127. ISBN 1444711210.
- ^ "Cricket Australia History". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
- ^ "Phillip Lovett Ridings". It's An Honour. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
External links
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Media related to Phil Ridings at Wikimedia Commons- Phil Ridings at CricketArchive (subscription required)
- Phil Ridings at ESPNcricinfo
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