Andrew Ridley

{{short description|Australian cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

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| country = Australia

| fullname = Andrew Claude Ridley

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1968|8|2|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium

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| club1 = Oxford University

| year1 = 1994–1996

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 20

| runs1 = 857

| bat avg1 = 31.74

| 100s/50s1 = 2/3

| top score1 = 155

| deliveries1 = 30

| wickets1 = 0

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| catches/stumpings1 = 5/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 4

| runs2 = 152

| bat avg2 = 38.00

| 100s/50s2 = –/1

| top score2 = 58

| deliveries2 = 42

| wickets2 = 0

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 2/–

| date = 1 September

| year = 2019

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19527.html Cricinfo

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Andrew Claude Ridley (born 2 August 1968) is an Australian former cricketer.

Ridley was born at Sydney in August 1968. He studied at the University of Sydney, before undertaking his post-graduate studies in England at Exeter College, Oxford.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11468/11468.html |title=Player profile: Andrew Ridley |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}} While studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against Durham at Oxford in 1994. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1996, making twenty appearances.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11468/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Andrew Ridley |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901151227/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11468/First-Class_Matches.html |url-status=live }} Playing as a batsman, he scored 857 runs at an average of 31.74. He made two centuries, with a high score of 155 against Cambridge University in The University Match of 1996.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11468/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Andrew Ridley |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription}}{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62434.html |title=Oxford University v Cambridge University, 1996 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901151232/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62434.html |url-status=live }} In addition to playing first-class cricket while at Oxford, he also made four List A one-day appearances for the British Universities cricket team in the 1996 Benson & Hedges Cup,{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11468/List_A_Matches.html |title=List A Matches played by Andrew Ridley |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901151238/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11468/List_A_Matches.html |url-status=live }} scoring 152 runs at an average of 38.00, with a high score of 58.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11468/a_Batting_by_Team.html |title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Andrew Ridley |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-09-01 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=1 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901151249/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/11/11468/a_Batting_by_Team.html |url-status=live }}