List of Bedfordshire County Cricket Club List A players

This is a list of cricketers who have played for Bedfordshire County Cricket Club in List A matches. Bedfordshire, one of the Minor Counties, played 27 List A cricket matches – a one-day, limited overs form of cricket – between 1967 and 2005.^[1] After making their List A debut in the 1967 Gillette Cup the county played six matches in the competition up to 1973 and then once in 1977. Minor counties were not a regular feature of List A competitions and Bedfordshire played ten matches in the NatWest Trophy between 1982 and 2000 before playing ten matches in the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy between 2001 and 2005.

The knock-out nature of the Gillette Cup means that in most competitions Bedfordshire only played one match, most often against a first-class county. They won eight matches during the time they competed in List A competitions: the first win coming in their second match in 1968. On three occasions the county reached the third round of a List A competition in 1999, 2001 and 2003, beating other Minor Counties or Cricket Boards, as well as the Netherlands in 2002.^[1]

Players are listed alphabetically with the number of matches played and the calendar years in which they made their first and last appearances in List A cricket for Bedfordshire. Most players also made appearances for Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship and some will have represented other sides in top-class cricket. Only their appearances for Bedfordshire are included below.

Contents

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z
• References

A

Name	Seasons[A]	Matches	Comments	Ref
Ranil Abeynaike	1982	1	Sri Lankan who played for Bedfordshire between 1978 and 1982. Played 14 first-class matches, including for Sri Lankan representative sides before the country had Full Member status.	[2]
Richard Ashton	1991	1	Played one season for Bedfordshire, making three Minor Counties Championship appearances for the county. Played two other List A matches for Northamptonshire Cricket Board.	[3]
Philip August	1982–1985	2	Played in 71 Minor Counties Championship matches for Bedfordshire between 1975 and 1986. August's father, George, had played 125 times for the county between 1935 and 1960.	[4][5]

B

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
Benjamin Banks	1991	1	Played Minor Counties cricket between 1990 and 1995.	[6]
Thomas Beck	1970	1	Had previously played in seven Minor Counties Championship matches for Bedfordshire between 1965 and 1968.	[7]
Peter Bichener	1971	1	Took two wickets in against Essex in the 1971 Gillette Cup. Played in 12 Minor Counties Championship matches between 1968 and 1971.	[8]
Richard Blair	1994	1	Played Minor Counties cricket between 1989 and 1995.	[9]
Patrick Briggs	1970–1971	2	Played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1963 and 1964 and Minor Counties cricket for Cheshire between 1960 and 1968, for whom he also made two List A appearances for. Played for Bedfordshire between 1969 and 1973.	[10]
Tony Bristow	2001–2002	3	Australian who played for Bedfordshire for two seasons, making eight Minor Counties Championship appearances for the side.	[11]
Chris Bullen	1994–1997	2	Former Surrey player who played for Bedfordshire between 1992 and 1997. Also played List A matches for Surrey Cricket Board between 1999 and 2001 and a first-class match for Minor Counties in 1994. Cousin of David Roberts who also played List A cricket for Bedfordshire.	[12]
Bill Bushby	1967–1973	6	Played in Bedfordshire's first six List A matches and in 87 Minor Counties Championship matches between 1961 and 1975.	[13]

C

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
David Clarke	1994–2003	14	Played for Bedfordshire between 1992 and 2003, making more than 60 Minor Counties appearances for the side.	[14]
Douglas Clarke	1977	1	Played for the county between 1972 and 1980.	[15]
Oliver Clayson	2000–2001	5	Made more than 50 Minor Counties Championship appearances for Bedfordshire as well as playing for Cumberland.	[16]
Nick Coles	2001	1	Played for Bedfordshire in 2001 and 2002, making six Minor Counties appearances for the side.	[17]
Norman Cooley	1967–1973	5	Played in Bedfordshire's earliest List A matches and in 61 Minor Counties Championship matches between 1962 and 1975.	[18]
Roger Cox	1968–1973	5	Played 50 Minor Counties Championship appearances for Bedfordshire between 1967 and 1975. Played one first-class match for Minor Counties.	[19]

D

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
Richard Dalton	1994–1999	4	Also played seven List A matches for Minor Counties in the 1997 and 1998 Benson & Hedges Cup.	[20]
David Daniels	1977–1982	2	Had previously played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and List A matches for Dorset and for Minor Counties representative sides. Played in 160 Minor Counties Championship matches.	[21]
Dean Dass	2001	1	Wicket-keeper. Played in one match against Derbyshire Cricket Board in the first round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy in August 2001. Made three Minor Counties Championship appearances the same season.	[22]
Simon Davis	1991	1	Played Minor Counties matches for the county between 1987 and 1996.	[23]
Ian Davison	1967–1968	3	Played in Bedfordshire's first three List A matches, having previously had a first-class career with Nottinghamshire, playing in 178 first-class matches between 1959 and 1966.	[24]
Geoffrey Dawson	1967	1	Played for the county between 1957 and 1969, making 50 Minor Counties Championship appearances for the side.	[25]
Alan Dean	1991	1	Played Minor Counties cricket for the county between 1987 and 1991.	[26]
Robert Demming	1973–1977	2	Made 38 Minor Counties appearances for the county between 1972 and 1977.	[27]
Rodney Dethridge	1982	1	Played 11 Minor Counties Championship matches for the team in 1982 and 1983 as well as twice for the Kent Second XI.	[28]
Tony Durley	1967–1973	6	Played in all six of Bedfordshire's first List A matches and in 101 Minor Counties Championship matches for the side between 1960 and 1976. Had a ref first-class career at Essex County Cricket Club in the late 1950s.	[29]

F

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
Ian Fantham	1998–2000	3	Played for the county between 1996 and 2000, having previously played Minor Counties cricket for Hertfordshire.	[30]
Neil Folland	1991	1	Played for Bedfordshire between 1990 and 1994, having previously played for Devon, including in one other List A match.	[31]

G

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
Michael Gear	1970–1982	5	Played in over 100 Minor Counties Championship matches between 1970 and 1988, including 9 for Buckinghamshire who he also made a single List A appearance for in 1984. Played three List A matches for Minor Counties South in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup.	[32]
Kevin Gentle	1985	1	Played more than 80 times for the county in Minor Counties matches.	[33]
Mark Gouldstone	1991	1	Played for the county between 1989 and 1992 after having played first-class cricket for Northants from 1986 to 1988. Also played List A and Minor Counties cricket for Hertfordshire and Lincolnshire.	[34]
Jon Green	2002	2	Played in 13 matches for Bedfordshire in a two-season career.	[35]

H

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
Paul Harris	1977	1	Played Minor Counties cricket between 1976 and 1980, making 30 Minor Counties Championship appearances for the side.	[36]
David Hoare	1967–1970	4	Played in Bedfordshire's first four List A matches and made 81 Minor Counties Championship appearances between 1955 and 1971. Father of Philip Hoare.	[37]
Philip Hoare	1985–1999	7	Made over 100 Minor Counties Championship appearances for the side. Son of David Hoare.	[38]
John Hughes	1998–2001	10	Had played for Northants between 1990 and 1997 as well as making a List A appearance for Combined Universities in 1994.	[39]

I

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
Kevin Innes	2005	1	Played only one match for Bedfordshire, the county's final List A fixture against Sussex in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy. Had previously played first-class cricket for Northants and Sussex.	[40]

J

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
Graham Jarrett	1967–1977	7	Played in over 100 Minor Counties Championship matches for Bedfordshire between 1954 and 1977 as well as in three first-class matches for Minor Counties and	[41]
Keith Jones	1977–1982	2	Played in more than 100 Minor Counties Championship matches for Bedfordshire between 1975 and 1989 following a first-class career with Middlesex.	[42]
Tony Jorden	1977	1	Played for Bedfordshire between 1975 and 1977 following a first-class career with Essex from 1966 to 1970 and a rugby union career which saw him capped seven times by England between 1970 and 1975.	[43]

K

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
James Knott	2001–2005	9	Had previously played first-class cricket for Surrey and had one season with Cambridgeshire before joining Bedfordshire. Played more than 75 Minor Counties matches for the county.	[44]

L

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
Derek Lane	2003	1	Had previously made two List A appearances for Herefordshire in 1999.	[45]
Wayne Larkins	1997–2000	6	Former England international who played in 45 Minor Counties Championship matches for his native Bedfordshire between 1995 and 2000 after his first-class career with Northants and Durham was over. Played a further three List A matches in 2001 for Huntingdonshire.	[46]
Steven Lines	1982–1985	2	Played more than 50 times for Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1980 and 1990 as well as for Northants Second XI. Made a single first-class appearance for Northants in 1983.	[47]

M

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
Timothy Machin	1977	1	Played for Bedfordshire between 1973 and 1978, making 47 Minor Counties Championship appearances for the side.	[48]
Brian Marvin	1985	1	Made 20 Minor Counties Championship appearances between 1984 and 1994, having previously played once for Buckinghamshire in the same competition.	[49]
David Mercer	1998–2001	10	Had previously played List A and Minor Counties matches for Wiltshire and Berkshire. Played more than 200 Minor Counties matches in total in a career which lasted from 1983 to 2005.	[50]
Geoff Millman	1967–1968	3	Former England international who played almost 300 first-class matches, including in six Test matches. Began his career with Bedfordshire and returned to the county after retiring from the first-class game, playing in the county's first three List A matches.	[51]
Michael Morgan	1977–1985	3	Played in over 100 Minor Counties matches for Bedfordshire.	[52]
Trevor Morley	1970–1973	3	Played Minor Counties cricket for Bedfordshire between 1961 and 1975, having previously played for Hertfordshire. Made more than 150 Minor Counties Championship appearances in a career which lasted from 1953 to 1975.	[53]
Simon Murray	2000	1	Played a total of seven matches for Bedfordshire, six in the Minor Counties Championship between 1996 and 1999.	[54]

P

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
Robert Pack	2002	2	Also played List A matches for Northamptonshire Cricket Board, having played some matches for Northants Second XI in the early 1990s.	[55]
Jeremy Page	2000	1	Played a total of five matches for the county, including four in the Minor Counties Championship between 1995 and 2003.	[56]
Andrew Patterson	2003	1	Made nine Minor Counties Championship appearances for Bedfordshire between 2002 and 2004, having previously played first-class cricket for Ireland and Sussex. Brother of Mark Patterson.	[57]
Mark Patterson	2002–2005	3	Played for Bedfordshire between 2002 and 2005, making a total of 22 Minor Counties Championship appearances. Had previously played briefly for Surrey and made other List A appearances for Ireland in ICC Trophy matches. Brother of Andrew Patterson.	[58]
Roger Pearman	1973	1	Played for Bedfordshire in 1973 and 1974 before moving to play for Cheshire. Had previously played first-class cricket for Middlesex between 1962 and 1964. Played other List A matches for both Minor Counties South and Minor Counties North in the Benson & Hedges Cup from 1973 to 1975.	[59]
Andrew Pearson	1982–1985	2	Played Minor Counties cricket for Bedfordshire between 1981 and 1987 having played for Northants Second XI between 1974 and 1980.	[60]
Ian Peck	1977–1985	2	Played Minor Counties Cricket for Bedfordshire between 1976 and 1985. Also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and, briefly, for Northants. Played a further seven List A matches for the Combined Universities side.	[61]
Lee Pollard	2003	2	Played twice in List A matches in 2003, once in Bedfordshire's third round match in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and once in the county's first round match in the following year's competition. Had previously played three List A matches for Leicestershire Cricket Board and Second XI cricket for Leicestershire.	[62]
Christopher Proudman	1985	1	Played Minor Counties cricket for Bedfordshire between 1984 and 1987.	[63]

R

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
Shaun Rashid	2001–2005	7	Also played Minor Counties cricket for Staffordshire and Lancashire Cricket Board.	[64]
Andrew Roberts	1997–2005	16	Holds the record for the most List A appearances for Bedfordshire. Played first-class cricket for Northants between 1989 and 1996 and made over 130 Minor Counties appearances for Bedfordshire as well as playing two List A matches for a Minor Counties side in the 1998 Benson & Hedges Cup. Brother of Timothy Roberts	[65]
David Roberts	2002	2	Played for Bedfordshire for only one season, having played first-class cricket for Northants between 1996 and 1999 and playing two List A matches for Northamptonshire Cricket Board in 2001. Moved to his native Cornwall from 2003, making a further List A appearance for that county. Roberts' cousin, Chris Bullen, also played List A cricket for Bedfordshire.	[66]
Timothy Roberts	2003	1	Played in four Minor Counties Championship matches for Bedfordshire in 2000 before a first-class cricket career with Lancashire and Northants between 2000 and 2005. Made his only List A appearance for Bedfordshire between being released by Lancashire and joining Northants. Brother of Andrew Roberts.	[67]
Barry Robinson	1968	2	Played in both of the county's matches in the 1968 Gillette Cup, including their first List A victory against Dorset in the first round. Played 87 times for the county in the Minor Counties Championship between 1957 and 1973.	[68]
Jonathan Robinson	1994	1	Played for Bedfordshire for two seasons, having had a first-class career with Surrey from 1988 to 1992.	[69]
Trevor Rosier	1968–1973	3	Played Minor Counties cricket for Bedfordshire between 1968 and 1973 and appeared in three List A matches, including the county's first victory in List A matches against Dorset in 1968 in which he took three wickets. Also played twice for Minor Counties South in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup.	[70]

S

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
Gary Sandford	1991–2000	8	Played for Bedfordshire between 1990 and 2000, making 66 Minor Counties Championship appearances, before moving to play for Huntingdonshire where he made another four List A appearances in 2000 and 2001.	[71]
Adrian Shankar	2005	1	Played for Bedfordshire between 2000 and 2006 as well as for Cambridge University and Cambridge UCCE and, briefly in 2011 for Worcestershire, making a total of 11 first-class and two List A appearances.	[72]
Zaheer Sher	1997–1999	5	Also played in List A competitions for Buckinghamshire and Minor Counties.	[73]
Jack Smith	1967–1973	6	Made six List A appearances for Bedfordshire as well as four for Minor Counties South in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup and a single first-class appearance for Minor Counties South against the touring South Africans in 1965. Played in 146 Minor Counties Championship matches for Bedfordshire between 1959 and 1975.	[74]
William Sneath	1999–2003	10	Played more than 50 matches for Bedfordshire in Minor Counties competitions as well as making Second XI Championship appearances for Northants in 2000.	[75]
Keith Standring	1994	1	Played Minor County cricket between 1984 and 1995.	[76]
Neil Stanley	1994–2003	13	Had played for Northants between 1988 and 1993 and made 40 appearances for Bedfordshire in the Minor Counties Championship between 1987 and 2002.	[77]
James Steadman	2002–2003	4	Played for the county between 2001 and 2003, making five appearances in Minor Counties matches as well as his four in List A matches.	[78]
Malcolm Stedman	1982	1	Played 40 times for the county in the Minor Counties Championship between 1974 and 1986.	[79]
Marcus Steed	2003–2005	3	Played more than 50 Minor Counties matched for Bedfordshire between 2003 and 2009. Had previously made four List A appearances for Northamptonshire Cricket Board between 2001 and 2002.	[80]
David Steele	1985	1	Former England international who played one season for Bedfordshire after his retirement from first-class cricket. Made 500 first-class and 260 List A appearances in his career.	[81]
Raymond Swann	1991	1	Swann had also made a List A appearance for Northumberland in 1971 and went on to make another for Northamptonshire Cricket Board in 1999. Having played Minor Counties cricket for Northumberland between 1969 and 1972, he played 43 Minor Counties Championship matches for Bedfordshire between 1989 and 1995 and made occasional appearances for Northants Second XI in the Second XI Championship between 1973 and 1981. Both of his sons, Alec and Graeme Swann, played for Bedfordshire before joining first-class counties. Graeme went on to play for the England cricket team.	[82]

T

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
Peter Taylor	1967	1	Played in Bedfordshire's first List A match, a defeat by Northants in the 1967 Gillette Cup. Played in 50 Minor Counties Championship matches between 1962 and 1982 as well as for Northants Second XI in the Second XI Championship in the early 1960s.	[83]
Peter Thomas	1991–1994	2	Played in two List A matches as well as 15 Minor Counties Championship matches and six MCCA Knockout Trophy matches between 1990 and 1995.	[84]
Andrew Trott	1997–2005	11	Played more than 80 Minor Counties matches for the county between 1995 and 2008.	[85]

W

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
John Wake	1985–1991	2	Played in 69 Minor Counties Championship matches for Bedfordshire between 1983 and 1992. Wake's son, Cameron also played for the county.	[86][87]
Alex Wakely	2005	1	Played in Bedfordshire's final List A match in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Sussex. Joined Northants in 2007 and has played over 140 first-class matches for the county.	[88]
Jonathan Walford	2005	1	Played in Bedfordshire's final List A match in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy against Sussex. Played in 19 Minor Counties Championship matches for Bedfordshire between 2004 and 2009.	[89]
Stephen Watts	2003–2005	2	Played in Bedfordshire's final two List A matches and made 22 Minor Counties Championship appearances between 2001 and 2006.	[90]
Peter Webley	1971	1	Opened the batting against Essex in the 1971 Gillette Cup. Played 36 Minor Counties Championship matches for the county between 1967 and 1975.	[91]
Bryn West	2000	1	Played in Bedfordshire's loss to Northumberland in 2000 as well as in one Minor Counties Championship match in 1998.	[92]
Matthew White	1994–1998	3	Played in three List A matches as well as 45 Minor Counties Championship matches for Bedfordshire between 1989 and 1998. Son of Richard White	[93]
Richard White	1967	1	Played in the county's loss to Northants as well as in 20 Minor Counties Championship matches between 1959 and 1975. Father of Matthew White	[94]
Christopher Williams	1982	1	Australian who played in a total of four matches for Bedfordshire, two in the Minor Counties Championship, a friendly against Norfolk and the county's match in the NatWest Trophy against Somerset – all in 1982.	[95]
Malcolm Wynn	1970	1	Played for the county against Buckinghamshire in the 1970 Gillette Cup as well as in 13 Minor Counties matches between 1968 and 1970.	[96]

Y

Name	Seasons	Matches	Comments	Ref
Barry Young	1997	1	Top scored with 30 runs as Bedfordshire lost to Glamorgan. Made five Minor Counties Championship appearances for the side between 1996 and 1998.	[97]
Shaun Young	2001–2003	7	Australian who played in one Test match in 1997 and in 138 first-class matches. Did not play for Bedfordshire in any other matches.	[98]

Notes

1. The range of seasons the player represented Bedfordshire in List A cricket.