Career
He started his career playing for the Acton Rovers of the Canberra competition. Whilst playing for the Queanbeyan "Blues", he was selected to go on the 1929-1930 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. He was the 1932 NSWRFL season"s top try scorer with 18 tries.
Ridley was selected to go on the 1933-1934 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain He scored a record 6 tries in a match for the Western Suburbs Magpies in 1934.
Ridley moved to Orange, New South Wales at the end of his rugby league career and later became Mayor of the town. He died there in 1993.
He was voted in the Wests Tigers Team of the Century and the Western Suburbs Magpies Team of the Century.
