Alan Ridley

HERITAGE No: 285

BIRTH: 18 July 1910

Gulargambone (Coonamble), NSW

DEATH: 24 September 1993 Orange, NSW

DEATH: 24 September 1993

Orange, NSW

OCCUPATION: Insurance Agent, 1935

RESIDENCE: Liverpool Rd Ashfield, NSW, 1935

GAME HISTORY

Queanbeyan RL 1929
Group 8 RL 1929
Southern Districts RL 1929
Country RL Firsts v City RL Firsts 1929
Combined Country RL v Combined City RL 1929
Temora RL 1930
Queanbeyan RL Assistant Coach 1930
Metropolis RL v Country RL Firsts 1932
City RL Possibles v City RL Probables 1933
City RL Firsts v Country RL Firsts 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
NSW RL Firsts v Queensland RL Firsts 1929, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
NSW RL Firsts v North West NSW RL 1929
NSW RL Firsts v Central/North Queensland RL 1929
NSW RL Firsts v Clarence River RL 1929
NSW RL Firsts v Ipswich RL 1934
NSW RL Firsts v Brisbane RL Firsts 1934
NSW RL Firsts v Far North Coast RL 1934
NSW RL Firsts v England RL 1936
Kangaroo RL Tour 1929-30, 1933-34
Australia RL v England RL 1933, 1934, 1936
Wests RL First Grade 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1931, 1932
Wests General Committee 1933
Sydney RL Firsts v NSW Police 1936
Sydney RL Firsts v England 1936
East Newcastle RL 1942

Alan

Alan Ridley first came to prominence as an eighteen year old playing for the Queanbeyan Rugby League team in 1929. He rapidly went from club football to being selected for the Group 8 and Southern Districts representative teams. Within weeks he was playing for Combined Country, But that was only the start of a great rugby league career.

The Referee newspaper on 29 May 1929 printed the following article about Alan Ridley:

“Manager Alfred Bowers is particularly proud of Alan Ridley. A brother of the well known tennis family (Harry, Norman and Dick) of Queanbeyan, he weighs 13.8, he can run 100 yards in even time. It was no mean performance in his first entry into big football to earn selection in the strong Southern team, and then Combined Country.”