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.
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.
Played one season for Bedfordshire, making three Minor Counties Championship appearances for the county. Played two other List A matches for Northamptonshire Cricket Board.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Played more than 50 matches for Bedfordshire in Minor Counties competitions as well as making Second XI Championship appearances for Northants in 2000.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.