[citation needed] A talented right-handed batsman and rated the best fielder in the world,[2] Richardson made his first-class debut for South Australia in the 1918–19 season.

[citation needed] Richardson was Australian vice-captain for the 1932–33 English tour of Australia, known as the Bodyline series for England's tactics of bowling fast short-pitched deliveries at the batsmen's bodies.

During the Adelaide Test, English manager Pelham Warner came to the Australian dressing seeking an apology from the player who called Harold Larwood a bastard.

[citation needed] After retiring from first-class cricket he went on to become a respected radio commentator, forging a partnership with renowned former English Test captain Arthur Gilligan.

[15] The Victor Richardson Gates, erected in 1967 at the south-eastern entrance of Adelaide Oval, and the road leading to them, were named after him[13] by the South Australian Cricket Association.