Edward Henry Riland Bedford (7 June 1903 – 9 October 1976) was an English

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er who played for

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in 1924. Bedford was born in

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, Birmingham. He was the grandson of W. K. R. Bedford who founded the

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. Bedford played one first-class match for Derbyshire in the 1924 season which was against

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in May. Bedford was a right-handed batsman and played two innings in his one first-class match in which he scored a

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and three runs.Edward Bedford at Cricket Archive
/ref> Bedford went to live at Brentwood, Essex and continued playing club cricket. He appeared for Gentlemen of Essex in 1933. Bedford was also a well known

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, being a member of the

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archery club from 1924 and the clubs secretary from 1948 to 1975. Bedford died at the age of 73 in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bedford, Edward 1903 births 1976 deaths English cricketers Derbyshire cricketers