Alexander Watson Ritchie

Winger (1933-1934)

In his two full seasons with Reading he comfortably outscored his colleague Frank McPherson, who had hit 55 goals in 61 Football League games in his first Vicarage Road spell. At the end of those two seasons the pair joined Watford together (McPherson for the second time), and Alex Ritchie began and ended the 1933/34 season as the first-team outside-right, with very little action in between. On first moving to England he’d figured in Blackpool’s forward line during that club’s first-ever rise to the top flight.

West Herts / Watford Career

Managers

N. McBain

Football League/FA Premier League

17 appearances (3 goals)

Totals

17 appearances (3 goals)

Longest run of consecutive appearances

League: 8
All competitions: 8

Debut

1-2 v Cardiff City (H)
Football League Division 3(South) (Tier: 3), 26 August 1933

Final (or most recent) game

0-2 v Brighton & Hove Albion (A)
Football League Division 3(South) (Tier: 3), 5 May 1934

Football League / Scottish League Career

Season	Club	Apps	Goals	League Status and Final Position
1922/1923	Armadale	?	?	Scottish League Division 2 - 6th of 20
1923/1924	Peebles Rovers	?	?	Scottish League Division 3 - 14th of 16
1923/1924	Raith Rovers	9		Scottish League Division 1 - 4th of 20
1924/1925	Raith Rovers	30	2	Scottish League Division 1 - 9th of 20
1925/1926	Raith Rovers	23	5	Scottish League Division 1 - 19th of 20 (Relegated)
1925/1926	Dunfermline Athletic	?	?	Scottish League Division 2 - 1st of 20 (Promoted)
1926/1927	Raith Rovers	?	?	Scottish League Division 2 - 2nd of 20 (Promoted)
1927/1928	Raith Rovers	16	2	Scottish League Division 1 - 17th of 20
1928/1929	Blackpool	12		Football League Division 2 - 8th of 22
1929/1930	Blackpool	17	5	Football League Division 2 - 1st of 22 (Promoted)
1930/1931	Blackpool	2		Football League Division 1 - 20th of 22
1930/1931	Reading	4	1	Football League Division 2 - 21st of 22 (Relegated)
1931/1932	Reading	40	19	Football League Division 3 (South) - 2nd of 22
1932/1933	Reading	28	15	Football League Division 3 (South) - 4th of 22
1933/1934	WATFORD	17	3	Football League Division 3 (South) - 15th of 22
1934/1935	Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic	33	11	Football League Division 3 (South) - 17th of 22
1935/1936	Third Lanark	14	4	Scottish League Division 1 - 9th of 20
1936/1937	Hibernian	26	4	Scottish League Division 1 - 17th of 20
1937/1938	Albion Rovers	?	?	Scottish League Division 2 - 2nd of 18 (Promoted)

Known as

Alex Ritchie

Date of birth

2 April 1904

Place of birth

Airdrie, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Date of death

13 July 1954

Place of death

Mossend, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Other honours

Scotland ‘Junior’

Career path

Fauldhouse United (Scotland) ;
Ashfield (Scotland) ;
Airdrieonians (Scotland) (September 1922);
Armadale (Scotland) (April 1923);
St Bernards (Scotland) (May 1923);
Raith Rovers (Scotland) (May 1923);
Peebles Rovers (Scotland) (August 1923);
Raith Rovers (Scotland) (December 1923);
Dunfermline Athletic (Scotland) (March 1926);
Raith Rovers (Scotland) (May 1926);
Blackpool (July 1928);
Reading (March 1931);
WATFORD (June 1933);
Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (August 1934);
Third Lanark (Scotland) (June 1935);
Hibernian (Scotland) (free August 1936 until close season 1937);
Albion Rovers (Scotland) (free September 1937, cancelled October 1937);
Bo’ness (Scotland) (January 1938);
Reading (scout in Scotland, 1938);
Third Lanark (Scotland) (reserve-team manager until July 1945);
Airdrieonians (Scotland) (manager, July 1945);