Ray Ritchie (Australian rules footballer)

Raymond Sayer Ritchie (12 January 1889 – 15 April 1950) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Ray Ritchie
Personal information
Full name Raymond Sayer Ritchie
Date of birth (1889-01-12)12 January 1889
Place of birth Rutherglen, Victoria
Date of death 15 April 1950(1950-04-15) (aged 61)
Place of death Newport, Victoria
Original team(s) Korumburra
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1909 Carlton 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1909.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Family

The son of William Alexander Ritchie, and Anne Ritchie, née Price, Raymond Sayer Ritchie was born at Rutherglen, Victoria 12 January 1889.

He married Florence Kathleen Murphy (1888-) in 1911.

Football

Although initially cleared from Korumburra to play with Carlton, a protest was lodged by Richmond, and the VFL allowed the registration with Carlton, but Carlton was instructed not to play Ritchie until the matter was settled.[2][3][4][5]

The matter was eventually resolved, and he played his first and only match for Carlton in the second last match of the season, against St Kilda on 28 August 1909, when he was used as one of the replacements for players that were being rested (i.e., Doug Gillespie, Martin Gotz, Alex Lang, and Billy Payne) in anticipation of the season's finals (it was considered to be an easy match for the Carlton team, which beat St Kilda 11.13(79) to 5.3 (33)).

Death

He died at Newport, Victoria on 15 April 1950.[6]

Notes
  1. Holmesby & Main (2009), p.708.
  2. Registering Footballers: Country Player Suspended, The Argus, (Saturday, 1 May 1909), p.17.
  3. The Play and Players, The Herald, (Friday, 14 May 1909), p.3.
  4. League Meeting, The Argus, (Saturday, 15 May 1909), p.17.
  5. Club Gossip, The Argus, (Friday, 11 June 1909), p.9.
  6. "Family Notices". The Age. Victoria, Australia. 17 April 1950. p. 2 – via Trove.

References
  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
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