Bernard Hedges

Welsh cricketer
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroWelsh cricketer
PlacesWales
wasAthlete Cricketer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth10 November 1927, Pontypridd
Death8 February 2014Mumbles (aged 86 years)
The details

Biography

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.
He 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.

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