Robert Vickers Bardsley (28 June 1890 â 26 July 1952) was an English cricketer and colonial administrator.
Born in Prestwich, Lancashire, Bardsley was educated at Shrewsbury School and Merton College, Oxford. He played a total of 31 first-class matches for Oxford University, Lancashire County Cricket Club and Free Foresters between 1910 and 1922. He was awarded a Blue for cricket and played in the University Match against Cambridge in three seasons between 1911 and 1913.
Bardsley went on to be Private Secretary to the Governor-General of Sudan from 1924 to 1925 and then Governor of the Blue Nile Province from 1928 to 1932.