Robert Bardsley
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| Full name | Robert Vickers Bardsley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 June 1890 Prestwich, England |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Pulborough, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | 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]
Biography
Born in Prestwich, Lancashire, Bardsley was educated at Shrewsbury School[2] and Merton College, Oxford.[3] He played a total of 31 first-class matches for Oxford University, Lancashire County Cricket Club and Free Foresters between 1910 and 1922.[4] He was awarded a Blue for cricket and played in the University Match against Cambridge in three seasons between 1911 and 1913.[5]
Bardsley went on to be Private Secretary to the Governor-General of Sudan[6] from 1924 to 1925 and then Governor of the Blue Nile Province[7] from 1928 to 1932.[8]
References
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- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33027. p. 1602. 6 March 1925. Retrieved 2011-08-07.
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 14928. p. 12. 6 January 1933.
- ↑ Obituaries in 1952 Wisden's Almanack 1953
Categories:
- 1890 births
- 1952 deaths
- English cricketers
- Oxford University cricketers
- Lancashire cricketers
- Free Foresters cricketers
- People from Prestwich
- Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
- Gentlemen of England cricketers
- Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers
- People educated at Shrewsbury School
