Bernard Hedges

{{Short description|Welsh cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Bernard Hedges

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1927|11|10}}

| birth_place = Pontypridd, Wales

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2014|2|8|1927|11|10}}

| death_place = Mumbles, Swansea, Wales

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| club1 = Glamorgan

| year1 = 1950 to 1967

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| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 422

| runs1 = 17733

| bat avg1 = 25.22

| 100s/50s1 = 21/84

| top score1 = 182

| deliveries1 = 572

| wickets1 = 3

| bowl avg1 = 86.66

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1-16

| catches/stumpings1= 200/0

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 7

| runs2 = 250

| bat avg2 = 41.66

| 100s/50s2 = 1/1

| top score2 = 103*

| deliveries2 = 228

| wickets2 = 8

| bowl avg2 = 16.75

| fivefor2 = 0

| tenfor2 = N/A

| best bowling2 = 2-17

| catches/stumpings2= 4/0

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14145.html Cricinfo

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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.{{cite web|title=Glamorgan v Somerset 1963|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26065.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=5 July 2017}}

He died at his home on 8 February 2014.{{cite web | url=https://www.glamorgancricket.com/news/bernard-hedges-a-tribute | title=Bernard Hedges - a tribute | publisher=Glamorgan Cricket | date=February 8, 2014 | accessdate=July 7, 2019 | last=Hignell |first=Andrew | author-link=Andrew Hignell | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221185617/http://www.glamorgancricket.com/news/3438.php | archive-date=February 21, 2014 |url-status=live}}