Alan Ridley

Alan Ridley OBE (1910–1993) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s and 1930s. An Australian international and New South Wales interstate representative winger, he played club football for Sydney's Western Suburbs, with whom he won the 1934 NSWRFL Premiership.

Alan Ridley

Personal information
Born	(1910-07-18)18 July 1910 Coonamble, New South Wales, Australia
Died	24 September 1993(1993-09-24) (aged 83) Orange, New South Wales, Australia
Playing information
Weight	16 st (100 kg)
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1929–30 Queanbeyan 1931–36 Western Suburbs 64 64 1 0 194 Total 64 64 1 0 194 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1929–36 New South Wales 25 34 4 0 110 1929–36 Australia 5 1 0 0 3 1933–36 NSW City 5 11 0 0 33 1932 Metropolis 1 0 0 0 0 1929 NSW Country 1 1 0 0 3
Source: [1] As of 4 July 2019

Playing career

He started his career playing for the Acton Rovers of the Canberra competition. Whilst playing for the Queanbeyan "Blues",^[2] he was selected to go on the 1929–30 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. He was the 1932 NSWRFL season's top try scorer with 18 tries. Ridley was selected to go on the 1933–34 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain He scored a record 6 tries in a match for the Western Suburbs Magpies in 1934.^[3]

Post playing

Ridley moved to Orange, New South Wales at the end of his rugby league career and later became Mayor of the town. He died there in 1993.^[4] He was voted in the Wests Tigers Team of the Century and the Western Suburbs Magpies Team of the Century.^[5]

References

1. "Alan Ridley - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project". Rugbyleagueproject.org.
2. "ALAN RIDLEY - Farewell Functions". The Canberra Times. 11 July 1929. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
3. "Western Suburbs Magpies First Grade Players". Wests Magpies.
4. Sydney Morning Herald: death Notice - Alan Rigley, alte of Orange. 27 September 1993
5. westsmagpies.net (2008). "Western Suburbs Team of the Century". Wests Archives. Western Suburbs Magpies R.L.F.C. Archived from the original on 21 October 2008. Retrieved 28 November 2009.