Great article about Ryder's move to Essex:
https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/sport/sport-headlines/essex-engage-notorious-bounder-2014042485931
"The young ladies of Essex profess themselves to be effervescent at the thought of Mr. Ryder, who has acquired a scandalous reputation in the saloons and gin-palaces of his native Wellington, strutting around their county like a cockerel."