Robert Vickers Bardsley (28 June 1890 – 26 July 1952) was an English

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er and colonial administrator.

Biography

Born in

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, Bardsley was educated at

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and

Merton College, Oxford Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is one of the Colleges of Oxford University, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the ...

. He played a total of 31 first-class matches for

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and

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between 1910 and 1922. He was awarded a

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for cricket and played in the University Match against

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in three seasons between 1911 and 1913. Bardsley went on to be Private Secretary to the

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from 1924 to 1925 and then Governor of the Blue Nile Province from 1928 to 1932.Obituaries in 1952
Wisden's Almanack 1953

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bardsley, Robert 1890 births 1952 deaths English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Lancashire cricketers Free Foresters cricketers Sportspeople from Prestwich Cricketers from Greater Manchester 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