Bernard Atkinson

Bernard Gerard Wensley Atkinson (11 September 1900 – 4 September 1966) was an English first-class cricketer. Atkinson was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born at Puddington, Devon.

Educated at St Paul's School, London, Atkinson played for the school cricket team from 1916 to 1919, heading the batting averages in his last two years there. He later attended the University of Cambridge, scoring 257 runs at an average of 17.13, with a high score of 91, his only half century score of the season. As an all-rounder, he also took 5 wickets with the ball, which came at an average of 31.80, with best figures of 2/13. Outside of cricket, he was an educator, With the ball, he took 18 wickets at an average of 36.00, with best figures of 4/97. He left the county at the end of the 1934 season to undertake a teaching position at the Edinburgh Academy, while teaching there he played club cricket for Grange Cricket Club,

He died at a hospital in Hampstead, London on 4 September 1966. His brother, Nigel Atkinson, also played first-class cricket.