Background
He was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
He was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire.
Ridge was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. Ridge made his debut for Buckinghamshire in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Oxfordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1980 to 1982, making 5 appearances.
In 1981, he made his first-class debut for Oxford University against Leicestershire.
He played 10 further first-class matches for the University, the last coming against Cambridge University in 1982. In his 11 first-class matches for the University, he scored 71 runs at a batting average of 7.88, with a highest score of 22.
With the ball he took 14 wickets at a bowling average of 63.85, with best figures of 4/128.