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University Match in 1894 with his bowling, he was 33 not out when Oxford secured a dramatic victory by four wickets in the 1896 game against Cambridge, Oxford knocking off
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Bardswell returned to the Oxford team for the 1896 but after his hand injury he scarcely bowled at all: he took just two wickets in 1896 and another two in 1897, and did not bowl at all after that. Instead, he won a second
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Bardswell's first-class cricket career apart from one appearance for Lancashire in an end-of-season match in 1902, in which he was not at all successful.
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330 to win after incurring a 117 deficit on first innings. Later in the season he again played for
Lancashire; in his 16 first-class matches in 1896, he averaged 27.80 with the bat and took 32 catches.
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