Ronald Richardson


Ronald Alfred Richardson 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 Transvaal [cricket team|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.