Career
Bobby started his career at Gloucester City where he was the leading scorer in the 1954-55 season and helped Gloucester City to the Southern League Cup success in 1955-56. Pat Beasley signed Bobby Etheridge for Bristol City in September 1956 where he played 288 games and scored 47 goals In July 1965 Bobby Etheridge left Bristol City for Cheltenham Town as Player Manager.
In his later career in November 1973 Bobby Etheridge returned to Gloucester City as manager and ended his managerial career with local Gloucester team Longlevens.
He also played cricket as a wicketkeeper and batsman for Gloucestershire between 1954 to 1961. He was generally the understudy to Barry Meyer who was the county first choice wicket keeper in this period. He played 33 matches for Gloucestershire scoring 796 runs with a batting average of 15.92; behind the stumps he achieved 33 catches and 8 stumpings.
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