Phil Ridings

Philip Lovett Ridings was an Australian cricketer. He attended Unley High School from 1930 to 1934.
Nicknamed "Pancho", 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 Sid Barnes#Twelfth [man incident|twelfth man incident].
After his playing days, Ridings was a cricket administrator and Chairman of the Australian Cricket Board from 1980 to 1983.
Ridings was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in 1982.