Phil Ridings

Philip Lovett Ridings AO (2 October 1917 – 13 September 1998) was an Australian cricketer.[1] He attended Unley High School from 1930 to 1934.

Phil Ridings

AO

Ridings in New Zealand in 1950
Personal information
Full name	Philip Lovett Ridings
Born	(1917-10-02)2 October 1917 Malvern, South Australia, Australia
Died	13 September 1998(1998-09-13) (aged 80) Adelaide, South Australia
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
Relations	Ken Ridings (brother)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1937–38 to 1956–57	South Australia
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 102 Runs scored 5653 Batting average 36.23 100s/50s 9/29 Top score 186 not out Balls bowled 6070 Wickets 61 Bowling average 46.95 5 wickets in innings 0 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 4/66 Catches/stumpings 55/0
Source: CricketArchive, 31 December 2016

Nicknamed "Pancho",[2] Ridings played first-class cricket for South Australia from 1937 to 1957, scoring nine hundreds. Primarily a batsman, he also took 61 first-class wickets with his fast-medium pace bowling. He was captain of the South Australia team that officially complained to the New South Wales Cricket Association over the Sid Barnes twelfth man incident.

After his playing days, Ridings was a cricket administrator and Chairman of the Australian Cricket Board from 1980 to 1983.[3]

Ridings was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in 1982.[4]