John Aldridge (cricketer)

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First-class record
John Aldridge England (Eng)

Batting style	Right hand batsmen
Bowling type	Right arm fast medium
Matches	79
Runs scored	511
Batting average	6.63
100s/50s	-/-
Top score	24*
Balls bowled	12891
Wickets	256
Bowling average	23.56
5 wickets in innings	7
10 wickets in match	0
Best Bowling	6/26
Catches/Stumpings	33/-
First class debut: May 5, 1956 Last first class game: December 26, 1963 Source: [1]

Keith John Aldridge (born March 13, 1935) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He was born in Evesham.

Aldridge debuted for Worcestershire during the 1956 season, in a game against Sussex, in which he scored a duck in each innings in which he batted, though he picked up two wickets with the ball in the first innings. Aldridge played frequently as the team's number 11 batsman during the 1956 season, taking the place of recently retired two-time Test cricketer Reg Perks. However, Aldridge's debut season was disappointing in terms of performances with the bat, as he made an average of just over 2.

Aldridge played less frequently during the 1957 season, though he was unable to make much of an impact with the bat, on several occasions finishing not out with no runs on the board. He had to wait until nearly two months into the 1958 season before making his first appearance for the side, as the Worcestershire side was supplemented on several occasions by future England Test cricketers Len Coldwell and Jack Flavell. However, Aldridge was able to make a good account of himself, playing for much of the second half of the season, while the team themselves finished ninth in the County Championship for the year. Aldridge played for two further seasons in the Worcestershire team, before emigrating to Australia.

Aldridge was capped by Worcestershire in 1959, a year prior to his last in English county cricket. He subsequently moved to Australia where he began playing first-class cricket for Tasmania. It was for Tasmania that he played his first cricket match for nearly two years against Victoria, but Aldridge was unable to make much of an impact for the team, playing just five further times until his final appearance for the side, just after Christmas in 1963. Aldridge was a tailend batsman for both his representative cricket teams in England and Australia, with seven five-wicket hauls to show for his fast-medium bowling over the eight years he played.