Richard Langridge

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Richard Langridge

| image = Cricket_no_pic.png

| caption =

| fullname = Richard James Langridge

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|4|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Brighton, Sussex, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|1|3|1939|4|13|df=yes}}

| death_place = Chichester, Sussex, England

| family = James Langridge (father)
John Langridge (uncle)

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off-break

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 212

| runs1 = 8310

| bat avg1 = 22.89

| 100s/50s1 = 5/42

| top score1 = 137*

| deliveries1 = 99

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1= 189/0

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 31

| runs2 = 501

| bat avg2 = 18.55

| 100s/50s2 = 0/2

| top score2 = 74

| deliveries2 = –

| wickets2 = –

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2= 16/0

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/richard-langridge-16459 Cricinfo

| date = 9 September

| year = 2022

}}

Richard James Langridge (13 April 1939 – 3 January 2005) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Sussex from 1957 to 1971. He was the son of the English Test cricketer James Langridge, who also played for Sussex.

Langridge was a tall left-handed opening batsman who had particular success in the early 1960s, making 1675 runs in 1961 followed by 1885 runs in 1962.{{cite web |title=Richard Langridge |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/richard-langridge-16459 |website=Cricinfo |access-date=9 September 2022}} He made the highest of his five first-class centuries against Leicestershire in 1963, when he carried his bat for 137 not out in a Sussex total of 222.{{cite web |title=Leicestershire v Sussex 1963 |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26053.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=9 September 2022}}