Gerald Ridley

Gerald Vernon Newport Ridley TD, JP (23 Oktoba 1897 – 12 Nuwamba 1953) ɗan wasan kurket ne na Ingila. Ridley ɗan wasan kurket ne mai hannun dama wanda ke buga ƙwallon hannun dama a matsakaicin gudu . An haife shi a Felsted, Essex .

Ridley ya yi aiki a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Ɗaya, inda aka ɗaukaka shi daga Laftanar na Biyu zuwa Laftanar a ranar 28 ga Mayu 1918.  Daga baya ya yi murabus daga aikin sa daga Rundunar Tsaron Dragoon ta Biyu a ranar 1 ga Afrilu 1920, inda ya ci gaba da riƙe muƙamin Laftanar.  Daga baya a watan Nuwamba na wannan shekarar, ya shiga Essex Yeomanry, wanda wani ɓangare ne na Rundunar Yankuna . 

A wasan kurket, Ridley ya fara buga wasa a matsayin ɗan wasa na farko a Essex a fafatawa da Combined Services a shekarar 1922. Ya sake buga wasanni biyar a matsayin ɗan wasa na farko a Essex, na ƙarshe ya zo ne a fafatawa da Somerset a Gasar Gundumar 1926.  A wasanni shida da ya buga a matsayin ɗan wasa na farko, ya zira kwallaye 113 a matsakaicin maki 10.27, tare da maki 66 da bai kai 54 ba.  Wannan maki, wanda shi ne kawai a matsayin ɗan wasa na farko a rabin ƙarni, ya zo ne a kan Gloucestershire a shekarar 1924. 

A watan Satumba na shekarar 1930 aka ba shi lambar yabo ta Kayan Ado na tsawon shekaru goma sha biyu a Essex Yeomanry (an daɗe ana yi masa hidima tun daga ranar 28 ga Mayu 1918).  A shekarar 1938 ya riƙe muƙamin Kyaftin kuma an ba shi lambar yabo ta Kayan Ado na Yankuna, a wannan shekarar ne ya yi murabus daga muƙaminsa.  A wajen aikin kurket da na soja, ya yi aiki a matsayin Alkalin zaman lafiya . Ya kuma kasance memba na kwamitin zartarwa a Essex County Cricket Club har zuwa mutuwarsa a Chignal St James, Essex a ranar 12 ga Nuwamba 1953. 

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Rukuni:Haifaffun 1897