Ronald Richardson

Ronald Richardson

Personal information
Full name	Ronald Alfred Richardson
Born	(1927-11-10)10 November 1927 North Duffield, Yorkshire, England
Died	17 November 1998(1998-11-17) (aged 71) Willaston, Cheshire, England
Batting	Left-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1963–1970	Cheshire
1954/55– 1958/59	North Eastern Transvaal
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 13 2 Runs scored 772 38 Batting average 33.56 19.00 100s/50s 1/3 –/– Top score 140* 20 Balls bowled – – Wickets – – Bowling average – – 5 wickets in innings – – 10 wickets in match – – Best bowling – – Catches/stumpings 8/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 13 April 2011

Ronald Alfred Richardson (10 November 1927 – 17 November 1998) was an English cricketer. Richardson was a left-handed batsman. He was born in North Duffield, Yorkshire.

Richardson made his first-class debut for North Eastern Transvaa in South Africa against Rhodesia. Richardson played first-class cricket for the team from 1954 to 1958, representing them in 13 matches. In his 13 first-class matches he scored 772 runs at a batting average of 33.56, with two half centuries and a single century high score of 140* against Eastern Province.

Later returning to England, Richardson made his debut Cheshire in the 1963 Minor Counties Championship against the Yorkshire Second XI. Richardson played Minor counties cricket for Cheshire from 1963 to 1970, which included 24 Minor Counties Championship matches. He made two List A appearances in the 1968 Gillette Cup against Norfolk and Northamptonshire. In these two List A matches, he scored 38 runs at a batting average of 19.00, with a high score of 20.

He died in Willaston, Cheshire on 17 November 1998.

External links

• Ronald Richardson at ESPNcricinfo
• Ronald Richardson at CricketArchive