Batting style Right-handed Name Robert Bardsley | Bowling style Leg-break | |
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Full name Robert Vickers Bardsley Died 26 July 1952(1952-07-26) (aged 62)Pulborough, England |
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Robert Vickers Bardsley (28 June 1890 – 26 July 1952) was an English cricketer and colonial administrator.
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Biography
Born in Prestwich, Lancashire, Bardsley was educated at Shrewsbury School and Merton College, Oxford. He played a total of 31 first-class matches for Oxford University, Lancashire County Cricket Club and Free Foresters between 1910 and 1922. He was awarded a Blue for cricket and played in the University Match against Cambridge in three seasons between 1911 and 1913.
Bardsley went on to be Private Secretary to the Governor-General of Sudan from 1924 to 1925 and then Governor of the Blue Nile Province from 1928 to 1932.
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