Christopher Ridley

Christopher Jonathan Ben Ridley (17 June 1946 – 10 September 2009) was a Rhodesian-born South African first-class cricketer.

Ridley was born at Bulawayo in Southern Rhodesia in June 1946. He was educated at Milton High School,[1] before studying in England at Keble College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford he played first-class cricket for Oxford University in 1971, making six appearances.[3] Ridley scored 88 runs in his six matches, with a high score of 23.[4] With his right-arm medium-fast bowling, Ridley took 3 wickets at an expensive average of 118.66 runs apiece per wicket.[5]

Ridley later emigrated to South Africa, where he died at Cape Town in September 2009. His brother, Giles, was a Rhodes Scholar who also played first-class cricket for Oxford University.