Henry Bedford (cricketer)

{{short description|English cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Henry Bedford

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Henry Bedford

| nickname =

| birth_date = 1854

| birth_place = Canterbury, Kent, England

| death_date = Unknown

| death_place =

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Unknown

| bowling = Leg break

| family =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = 1882

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 3

| bat avg1 = 3.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 3

| deliveries1 = 16

| wickets1 = 1

| bowl avg1 = 5.00

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = 1/5

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 24 June

| year = 2024

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/henry-bedford-9055 Cricinfo

}}

Henry Bedford (1854 — date of death unknown) was an English first-class cricketer.

Bedford was born in 1854 in Canterbury. He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Somerset at Southampton in 1882.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6478/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Henry Bedford|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 June 2024|url-access=subscription}} Batting once in the match, he was dismissed in Hampshire's first innings for 3 runs from the lower order by Francis Reed, while with his leg break bowling he took the wicket of Arnold Fothergill.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2604.html|title=Hampshire v Somerset, County Match 1882|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 June 2024|url-access=subscription}}