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Full name | Robert Vickers Bardsley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Prestwich, England | 28 June 1890||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 26 July 1952 Pulborough, England | (aged 62)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg-break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1910–1913 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1910–1913 | Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1920 | Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1920–1922 | Free Foresters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First-class debut | 30 May 1910 Oxford University v Worcestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last First-class | 10 June 1922 Free Foresters v Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
CricketArchive, 30 November 2009 |
Robert Vickers Bardsley CMG OBE (28 June 1890 – 26 July 1952) was an English cricketer and colonial administrator. [1]
Born in Prestwich, Lancashire, Bardsley was educated at Shrewsbury School [2] and Merton College, Oxford. [3] [4] He played a total of 31 first-class matches for Oxford University, Lancashire County Cricket Club and Free Foresters between 1910 and 1922. [5] He was awarded a Blue for cricket and played in the University Match against Cambridge in three seasons between 1911 and 1913. [6]
Bardsley went on to be Private Secretary to the Governor-General of Sudan [7] from 1924 to 1925 and then Governor of the Blue Nile Province [8] from 1928 to 1932. [9]