Devon Cricketers 1859-2012

RICE, KEVIN GEOFFREY (1984-98). b 13.1.1965 Morchard Bishop. Ed: Chumleigh S. RHB. OB. Cap (1988). Also MCCA (u25, 1985/86), Gloucestershire II (1981-83), Somerset II (1984), NAYC (1983). Tour: MCCA to Kenya. Clubs: Exeter, Sandford. RICHARDS, MARK ALLAN ELLIOTT (2002-05). b 9.4.1974 Bridport, Dorset. RHB. RM. Club: Axminster. RICHARDSON, Major General JOHN BOOTH (1867-69). b 6.4.1838 Westminster, Middlesex. d 31.10.1923 Halton Holegate, Apilsbey, Lincolnshire. Also Dorset (1876). Club: Plymouth Garrison. RICKMAN, RICHARD BINNS (1900-03). b 6.5.1881 Doncaster, Yorkshire. d 22.11.1940 Chelsea, Middlesex. Ed: Sherborne S. RHB. RM. Also Derbyshire (1906-11, Captain (1908)). Club: North Devon. RIDDELL, Dr. VICTOR HORSLEY HUME (1924). b 23.7.1905 Hermeston Hall, Rotherham, Yorkshire. d 9.8.1976 Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. Ed: Clifton C; CU (Sidney Sussex). RHB. WK. Also CU (1926). Club: Torquay. RIDGWAY, FRANK (1897). b 3Q.1872 Shelton, Staffordshire. d 2Q.1908 Wolstanton, Staffordshire. Club: Babbacombe. RIDLEY, Rev. CHRISTOPHER (1873). b 2Q.1838 (c 9.12.1838) Brixham. d 14.8.1908 Compton Valence, Dorset. Ed: U of London. Club: Exmouth. RIDLEY, HOLT WARING (1886). b 16.9.1851 Belfast, Ireland. d 10.11.1910 Hopton, Staffordshire. Ed: Rugby. Club: South Devon. RIPPON, DAVID JOHN (1953-57). b 19.10.1937 Wolverhampton, Staffordshire. Ed: King Edward VII S, Sheffield; CU (Clare). SLA. Also Glamorgan II (1954). Club: Exeter. ROBERTS, HENRY EDMUND (1932). b 8.2.1888 East Preston, Sussex. d 28.6.1963 Farnborough, Hampshire. RHB. RM. Also Sussex (1911-25). Club: Royal Naval College (pro). ROBERTS, IAN CLEMENT (1974-80). b 29.4.1948 Plymouth. Ed: Plymstock GS. RHB. RFM. Clubs: Plymstock, Plymouth. ROBERTS, Lieut. WILLIAM BERTIE (1880). b 29.6.1856 Preston, Lancashire. d 5.12.1899 Folkestone, Kent. Ed: RMA, Sandhurst. Club: Plymouth Garrison. ROBERTSON, ALBERT EDWARD (1948). b 18.10.1903 Bristol. d 4.1994 Exeter. Clubs: Exeter, St Luke’s College. ROBINS, JOHN WILLIAM (1920). b 1Q.1871 Chatham, Kent. d 29.9.1938 Crownhill, Plymouth. Club: Plymouth. ROBINSON, WILLIAM HENRY MORLEY (1903-21). b 3Q.1878 Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire (birth registered as William Henry Robinson). d 2.4.1930 Exeter. Clubs: Tavistock (pro/am), South Devon. ROCHE, Group Captain NELSON JOSEPH (1909) (formerly Fleet Surgeon (RN)). b 24.4.1875 Southsea, Hampshire. d 17.7.1959 Bideford. Ed: Charing Cross Hospital. RODGERS, JACK HAROLD (1956-57). b 24.5.1917 Sheffield, Yorkshire. d 6.2005 Exmouth. WK. Club: Exmouth. ROE, ARTHUR PAULUS HENRY (1889-1903). b 26.5.1868 Yelverton, Plymouth. d 24.10.1913 Hampstead, Middlesex. Clubs: Plymouth, Private Banks. ROE, BRIAN (1972-74). b 27.1.1939 Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. Ed: Bridgwater S. RHB. Cap (1976). Also Somerset (1957-66, Cap (1962)), MCCA (BHC, 1973), Combined Services (1959-60), RAF (1959-60). Clubs: Barnston, North Devon. ROEBUCK, PETERMICHAEL (1992-2002). b 6.3.1956 Oxford, Oxfordshire. d 12.11.2011 Cape Town, South Africa (suicide). Ed: Millfield; CU (Emmanuel). RHB. OB. Cap (1993). County Club Captain (1993-99, 2001-02). Also Somerset (1974-91, Cap (1978), Captain (1986-88)), CU (3, 1975-77), EYC (1973). Brother of P.G.P. (Gloucestershire). Clubs: Sidmouth, Budleigh Salterton. ROKE, DUNCAN (1996). b 5.7.1974 Malta. Ed: Plymouth C. RHB. WK. Rugby (Leicestershire, Worcester, Leicester). Club: Tavistock. ROLES (1897-1902). Also Surrey C & G (1890). Club: RNE College (Devonport) (pro). ROLLE, Hon. MARK GEORGE KERR (1862-70). b 13.11.1835 Budleigh Salterton (birth registered as Mark George Kerr Trefusis) (succeeded as Baron Rolle in 1842 and changed his name to Mark George Kerr Rolle by Royal Licence in 1852). d 27.4.1907 Argeles, France, Ed: Eton. (u). County Club President (1880-1897). Clubs: North Devon, Stevenstone. 42