Famous Cricketers No 45 - Hedley Verity

between Verity and Bradman. It has been said that on a good pitch he was the only English bowler who consistently achieved anything like parity with the ‘Don’ and on their first encounter, at Perth, in the second match of the tour he dismissed him for 3 whilst claiming 7-37, his best ever figures in Australia. His first Australian Test wicket was also that of Bradman when he caught and bowled him at Adelaide. Altogether he took Bradman’s wicket on ten occasions, sharing this particular record with the great Australian leg-spinner Clarrie Grimmett. With the bat he scored his 1,000th run in first-class cricket with the last run of his 54* at Hobart (his first half-century in first-class cricket), and his 45 and 40 at Adelaide helped in two significant partnerships of 96 with Paynter and 98 with Ames. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 83. M.C.C. v Western Australia, Perth, October 21, (22), 23 (Match drawn) lbw b R.A.Halcombe 1 334-8d 9 2 20 2 R.J.Bryant b 135 M.Inverarity c and b st O.I.Lovelock b E.J.Martin 17 152-5 84. M.C.C. v Combined XI, Perth, October 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) not out 14 583-7d 18 7 37 7 J.H.W.Fingleton c G.Duckworth 159 V.Y.Richardson c H.Sutcliffe D.G.Bradman c W.R.Hammond A.R.Lonergan c G.Duckworth W.Hill-Smith c D.R.Jardine R.J.Bryant c T.B.Mitchell W.A.Evans c G.O.B.Allen 1 0 2 0 139 4 85. M.C.C. v South Australia, Adelaide, November 4, 5, 7, 8 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 128 runs) lbw b B.J.Tobin 15 634-9d 26 10 45 3 H.C.Nitschke b 290 1 W.E.Catchlove st L.E.G.Ames D.G.Jamieson c W.R.Hammond 24.6 13 42 5 V.Y.Richardson lbw 216 1 A.R.Lonergan c F.R.Brown W.E.Catchlove c Nawab of Pataudi D.G.Jamieson c and b B.J.Tobin c W.R.Hammond 86. M.C.C. v Victoria, Melbourne, November 11, 12, 14, 15 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 83 runs) run out 3 408-9d 15 3 52 1 L.O’B.Fleetwood-Smith b 231 1 6 2 10 2 W.M.Woodfull b 94 L.P.J.O’Brien lbw 87. M.C.C. v New South Wales, Sydney, November 25, 26, 28, 29 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 44 runs) lbw b W.J.O’Reilly 2 530 6 1 30 0 273 4 1 7 0 213 88. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, December 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 (England won by ten wickets) lbw b T.W.Wall 2 524 13 4 35 0 360 did not bat - 1-0 4 1 15 0 164 89. M.C.C. v Tasmania, Hobart, December 23, 24, 25 (Match drawn) not out 54 330-7d 1 1 0 1 C.L.Badcock c L.E.G.Ames 103-5d 4 1 6 0 89-4 1 90. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, January 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19 (England won by 338 runs) c V.Y.Richardson b T.W.Wall 45 341 16 7 31 0 222 lbw b W.J.O’Reilly 40 412 20 12 26 1 D.G.Bradman c and b 193 1 91. M.C.C. v New South Wales, Sydney, January 26, 27, 28 (M.C.C. won by four wickets) c G.L.Stewart b H.C.Chilvers 33 199 5 1 9 2 R.C.Rowe c T.B.Mitchell 180 W.H.Howell c F.R.Brown H.C.Chilvers b W.H.Howell 1 110-6 9.1 3 26 2 H.S.B.Love b 128 2 W.H.Howell b 92. M.C.C. v Queensland, Brisbane, February 4, 6, 7 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 61 runs) b R.K.Oxenham 21 343 28 12 49 2 G.G.Cook c and b 201 1 F.J.Gough b 6.3 1 20 4 J.L.Litster c W.R.Hammond 81 1 E.C.Bensted lbw R.K.Oxenham lbw L.W.Waterman c E.Paynter 18