Richard James Langridge (13 April 1939 – 3 January 2005) was an English

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er who played for Sussex from 1957 to 1971. He was the son of the English Test cricketer James Langridge, who also played for Sussex. Langridge was a tall left-handed opening batsman who had particular success in the early 1960s, making 1675 runs in 1961 followed by 1885 runs in 1962. He made the highest of his five first-class

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against Leicestershire in 1963, when he carried his bat for 137

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in a Sussex total of 222.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Langridge, Richard 1939 births 2005 deaths English cricketers Sussex cricketers Sportspeople from Brighton Combined Services cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers