Robert Vickers Bardsley CMG OBE (28 June 1890 – 26 July 1952) was an English cricketer and colonial administrator.[1]
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| Full name | Robert Vickers Bardsley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1890-06-28)28 June 1890 Prestwich, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 July 1952(1952-07-26) (aged 62) Pulborough, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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]