Peter Ridgway

{{short description|English cricketer (born 1972)}}

{{for|the Australian modern pentathlete|Peter Ridgway (pentathlete)}}

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{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Peter Ridgway

| image =

| country = England

| international =

| fullname = Peter Frederick Ridgway

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|7|15|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Penkhull, Staffordshire, England

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| heightinch =

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium

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| family =

| club1 = Staffordshire

| year1 = {{nowrap|1991–1996}}

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = List A

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 47

| bat avg1 = –

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 47*

| deliveries1 = 120

| wickets1 = 5

| bowl avg1 = 20.60

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/62

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 15 June

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19544.html CricInfo

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Peter Frederick Ridgway (born 15 July 1972) is a former English cricketer. Ridgway was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Penkhull, Staffordshire.

Ridgway made his debut for Staffordshire County Cricket Club in the 1991 Minor Counties Championship against Durham. He played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1991 to 1996, which included 11 Minor Counties Championship matches{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17757/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Peter Ridgway|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 June 2011}} and two MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17757/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Peter Ridgway|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 June 2011}} In 1995, he made his List A cricket debut against Kent in the NatWest Trophy. He played a further List A match against Derbyshire in the 1996 NatWest Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17757/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Peter Ridgway|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 June 2011}} In his two List A matches, he scored an unbeaten 47 runs against Derbyshire,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17757/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Peter Ridgway|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 June 2011}}{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/62/62396.html|title=Staffordshire v Derbyshire, 1996 NatWest Trophy|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 June 2011}} while with the ball, he took five wickets at a bowling average of 20.60, with best figures of 4/62.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/17/17757/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Peter Ridgway|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 June 2011}}