Bernard Hedges

Bernard Hedges

Personal information
Born	(1927-11-10)10 November 1927 Pontypridd, Wales
Died	8 February 2014(2014-02-08) (aged 86) Mumbles, Swansea, Wales
Batting	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1950 to 1967	Glamorgan
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A Matches 422 7 Runs scored 17733 250 Batting average 25.22 41.66 100s/50s 21/84 1/1 Top score 182 103* Balls bowled 572 228 Wickets 3 8 Bowling average 86.66 16.75 5 wickets in innings 0 0 10 wickets in match 0 – Best bowling 1-16 2/17 Catches/stumpings 200/0 4/0
Source: Cricinfo

Bernard Hedges (10 November 1927 – 8 February 2014) was a Welsh cricketer who played for Glamorgan, making his first-class debut in 1950 and playing his last match in 1967. He played 422 first-class matches, all of them for Glamorgan.

Hedges played most of his cricket as an opening batsman despite starting his career in the middle order. He scored 17,733 first-class runs at an average of 25.22, with 21 centuries and a highest score of 182. His best season was 1961, when he scored 2026 runs at an average of 32.15.

Hedges was the first player to score a List A century for Glamorgan, doing so in 1963 with an innings of 103 against Somerset, helping Glamorgan to victory in its first List A match.

He died at his home on 8 February 2014.

Further reading

• Stephen Hedges, Foreword by Don Shepherd (2019). Cricket in Wales - Bernard Hedges: The Player From 'Ponty'. St. David's Press. p. 224. ISBN 978-1-902719-56-6.

External links

• Bernard Hedges at Cricinfo
• Bernard Hedges at CricketArchive