Bernard Abdy Collins (17 February 1880 – 22 October 1951) was a British administrator in India and English first-class

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er. Collins was born at

Saxmundham Saxmundham ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. It is set in the valley of the River Fromus about north-east of Ipswich and west of the coast at Sizewell. The town is bypassed ...

in February 1880 to Henry Abdy Collins and his wife, Florence Ellen Cartwright. He was educated at

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, before going up to

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. While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in

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for

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against the

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in 1901. Collins batted twice in the match at number eleven. He was dismissed in the Oxford first-innings and was dismissed without scoring by John Rawlin. In their second-innings he top-scored with an unbeaten 83, sharing in a last wicket partnership of 149 with Frank Hollins. In addition to playing first-class cricket, Collins also played

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for

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in 1904, making five appearances in the

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. He was also the editor of 'Psychic Science' and the author of the book 'Death is Not the End' (Psychic Press, London 1939) in which he puts forth the case for survival after death. Collins was admitted to the

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in October 1904. He served as the director-general of commerce and industry in

Hyderabad State Hyderabad State () was a princely state in the Deccan region of south-central India with its capital at the city of Hyderabad. It is now divided into the present-day state of Telangana, the Kalyana-Karnataka region of Karnataka, and the ...

, and was later made a Companion of the

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in December 1925. He died at

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in October 1951.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Barnard 1880 births 1951 deaths People from Saxmundham People educated at Malvern College Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers Suffolk cricketers Indian Civil Service (British India) officers Companions of the Order of the Indian Empire British people in colonial India Cricketers from Suffolk