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{{short description|English cricketer and civil servant}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| honorific_prefix = [[Sir]]
| name = Hugh Bomford
| honorific_suffix = {{postnom|country=GBR|size=100|CIE|KBE}}
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Hugh Bomford
| birth_date = 12 August 1882
| birth_place = [[Fort William, India|Fort William]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1939|1|19|1882|8|12}}
| death_place = [[Meerut]], [[United Provinces (1937–50)|United Provinces]],<br>British India
| nickname =
| family =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling =
| role = [[Wicket-keeper]]
| club1 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]
| year1 = 1901–1904
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 9
| runs1 = 52
| bat avg1 = 7.42
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 16[[not out|*]]
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 19/9
| date = 22 January
| year = 2020
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9845.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Sir Hugh Bomford''' {{postnom|country=GBR|size=100|CIE|KBE}} (12 August 1882 – 19 January 1939) was a British administrator in India and an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er.

The son of [[Gerald Bomford|Sir Gerald Bomford]] and Mary Florence Eteson, he was born in [[British India]] at [[Fort William, India|Fort William]] in August 1882.<ref name="PEER">{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p34072.htm#i340713 |title=Sir Hugh Bomford |publisher=www.thepeerage.com |accessdate=2020-01-23}}</ref> He was educated at [[Marlborough College]], before going up to [[Balliol College, Oxford]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |title=Marlborough College Register from 1843 to 1904 |date=1905 |pages=185 |edition=5th |publisher=Marlborough College |isbn=1528103440 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q96ptAEACAAJ |language=en}}</ref> While studying at Oxford, Bomford played [[first-class cricket]] for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]], making his debut against [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey]] at [[The Oval]] in 1901. He made eight further first-class appearances for Oxford from 1901 to 1904.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27990/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Hugh Bomford |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-01-23 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 52 runs in his nine first-class matches, with a high score of 16 [[not out]]. Playing as a [[wicket-keeper]], he took 19 catches and made nine [[stumping]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27990/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Hugh Bomford |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-01-23 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Bomford was appointed to the [[Indian Civil Service (British India)|Indian Civil Service]] in October 1906.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27963|date=2 November 1906|page=7378}}</ref> By 1913, he held the post of settlement officer for [[Datia State]], which he held until 1916. He was appointed as excise commissioner for [[Central India Agency|Central India]] in 1920, before serving as the settlement commissioner for [[Rewa (princely state)|Rewa]] between 1921 and 1928.<ref name="PEER"/> He was made a Companion of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in the [[1931 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33675|date=30 December 1930|page=7|supp=y}}</ref> He served as the chief secretary to the government of the [[United Provinces of British India|United Provinces]] in 1933.<ref name="PEER"/> Bomford was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] in the [[1938 Birthday Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34518|date=7 June 1938|page=3687|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=34531|date=12 July 1938|page=4532}}</ref> the same year in which he served as the acting governor of the [[List of Governors of the Central Provinces and Berar#Governors of the Central Provinces and Berar|Central Provinces and Berar]],<ref name="PEER"/> before being succeeded by [[Francis Verner Wylie|Sir Francis Verner Wylie]]. Bomford died suddenly at [[Meerut]] in January 1939. He was survived by his wife, Margaret Evelyn Ord, with whom he had four children.<ref name="PEER"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=9845}}

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[[Category:Cricketers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:People educated at Marlborough College]]
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[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Oxford University cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire]]
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