Famous Cricketers No 45 - Hedley Verity

innings of the Old Trafford Roses match he took his 500th wicket, just over three years after his debut, but during the return game at Headingley did not bowl in a Lancashire innings of 431 as he was suffering from the effects of vaccination for the forthcoming Indian tour. He benefited greatly from his close-in fielders, the new captain, Brian Sellers, taking six catches in the match with Essex at Leyton and Arthur Mitchell five at Headingley against Northamptonshire. By the end of the season Mitchell had already taken nearly sixty catches off his bowling since 1930. This was also Hedley’s best season with the bat so far with 620 runs, his highest score to date of 78*, at Edgbaston, two other half-centuries and for the first time a match aggregate of over 100 runs (35 and 71 at Worcester). Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 98. Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Hull, May 13, 15 (Yorkshire won by six wickets) run out 10 96 13.3 7 12 6 A.E.Alderman c A.Mitchell 51 D.Smith b T.S.Worthingon lbw G.M.Lee c H.Sutcliffe H.Elliott c H.Sutcliffe W.H.Copson st A.Wood did not bat - 35-4 20.5 10 41 6 L.F.Townsend lbw 78 1 D.Smith b T.S.Worthington b G.M.Lee b T.B.Mitchell b W.H.Copson b 99. Yorkshire v Essex, Dewsbury, May (17), 18, 19 (Yorkshire won by ten wickets) did not bat - 128-4d 21.5 10 34 5 R.M.Taylor c H.Sutcliffe 64 J.O’Connor b T.N.Pearce c P.Holmes L.C.Eastman c M.Leyland T.H.Wade c P.Holmes did not bat - 5-0 23.4 8 40 6 J.A.Cutmore c and b 68 1 D.F.Pope c A.Mitchell R.M.Taylor c A.Wood J.O’Connor c P.Holmes T.N.Pearce c A.Mitchell T.H.Wade b 100. Yorkshire v Leicestershire, Bradford, May 20, 22 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 146 runs) c W.E.Astill b W.H.Marlow 2 250-7d 18 9 26 2 E.A.Broughton c G.G.Macaulay 65 S.H.Wigginton c A.Mitchell 12 4 17 4 E.W.Dawson c P.Holmes 39 A.W.Shipman c G.G.Macaulay G.L.Berry c G.G.Macaulay G.Geary c A.C.Rhodes 101. Yorkshire v Glamorgan, Cardiff, May 24, 25, 26 (Yorkshire won by 166 runs) b J.C.Clay 29 299 18.1 12 44 3 M.J.L.Turnbull b 208 J.C.Clay b J.Mercer b did not bat - 236-3d 25.4 13 31 3 A.R.Howard c W.Barber 161 T.Every c A.B.Sellers E.R.K.Glover b 102. Yorkshire v Kent, Headingley, May 27, 29 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 24 runs) lbw b W.H.Ashdown 26 286 7 5 3 1 A.P.Freeman lbw 90 5.4 1 16 1 W.H.V.Levett st A.Wood 172 1 103. Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, Bramall Lane, May 31, June 1, 2 (Yorkshire won by ten wickets) b T.W.J.Goddard 56 369 4 2 7 0 245 1 did not bat - 25-0 4 1 5 0 148 104. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June 3, 5 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 156 runs) lbw b L.W.Parkinson 27 341 11 2 27 2 L.W.Parkinson c P.Holmes 93 1 P.T.Eckersley c G.G.Macaulay 12 3 41 4 J.L.Hopwood c G.G.Macaulay 92 J.Iddon b P.T.Eckersley b F.S.Booth c H.Sutcliffe 20