Hartley Heard

Hartley Heard (born 29 October 1947) is an English former first-class cricketer and educator.

Heard was born at Bristol in October 1947. He was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Hospital, before going up to Exeter College, Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Warwickshire at Oxford in 1967. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1970, making a total of 29 appearances.[2] Playing as a right-arm medium pace bowler, he took 49 wickets at an average of 40.91, with best figures of 6 for 78.[3] In addition to playing first-class cricket for Oxford, he also appeared for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities team against the touring West Indians in May 1969.[2] In July of the same year, he played two List A matches for Gloucestershire against Glamorgan and Nottinghamshire in the 1969 Player's County League.[4] After graduating from Oxford, he became a schoolmaster at Mill Hill School.