Famous Cricketers No 45 - Hedley Verity

c A.R.Gover b M.S.Nichols 38 174-6d 17.3 5 69 6 H.Sutcliffe c J.M.Sims 244-8 1 A.Mitchell st G.Duckworth M.S.Nichols c and b F.R.Brown c R.E.S.Wyatt A.W.Wellard c L.B.Fishlock A.B.Sellers b SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 3 3 2 72 66* 72.00 - 1 1 Players v Gentlemen 1 1 0 2 2 2.00 - - 1 Championship 25 29 9 535 89 26.75 - 2 16 Other Yorks matches 5 5 3 181 96* 90.50 - 1 3 Other matches 2 3 0 65 38 21.66 - - 1 Season 36 41 14 855 96* 31.66 - 4 22 Career 255 281 62 4195 101 19.15 1 11 180 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 114.1 44 228 15 4/17 15.20 - - Players v Gentlemen 41.3 18 68 3 3/33 22.66 - - Championship 866.5 311 1942 153 9/12 12.69 13 6 Other Yorks matches 202.4 74 390 32 8/56 12.18 3 1 Other matches 64.3 16 219 13 6/69 16.84 1 - Season (6-ball) 1289.4 463 2847 216 9/12 13.18 17 7 Career (6-ball) 8570.4 3082 } 19013 1320 10/10 14.40 113 38 (8-ball) 190.2 65 1936/37 - M.C.C. in Australia and New Zealand As in Jardine’s team four years earlier, England’s emphasis lay in speed with Voce (26) and Allen (17) being the principal Test wicket-takers. Verity was again called upon to keep one end closed and this he did admirably. Of his bowling in the First Test, at Brisbane, when Allen and Voce took 18 wickets between them in England’s 322 run victory Wisden notes that his first innings contribution of 1-52 in 28 eight-ball overs should not be overlooked, as his nagging length, recalling J.C.White’s bowling in 1928-29, contributed to many of Voce’s wickets. In Australia’s first innings in the Second Test at Sydney he reached the landmark of 100 wickets in Test cricket. In the Tests he bowled the most overs at a cost of 2.32 per eight-ball over (1.7 in 6-ball over terms) which was particularly appreciated during Bradman’s innings of 270, 212 and 169. In the New Year Melbourne Test he dismissed Bradman in each innings, thus becoming the first bowler to take his wicket twice in two Tests (later to be joined in 1948 by Alec Bedser). Although his form with the bat did not match that of the 1936 season in England, he did have one triumph when, emulating Wilfred Rhodes, he opened England’s innings, in the Adelaide Test. He and Charlie Barnett made England’s best opening stands of the series with 53 and 45, not exactly Hobbs and Sutcliffe perhaps, but far better than the other starts England were given. On the tour as a whole he bowled over 700 more balls than any of the other bowlers and was an invaluable member of the party on and off the field. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 256. M.C.C. v Combined XI, Perth, October 22, 23, 24 (Match drawn) lbw b R.A.Halcombe 2 497 24 4 65 2 J.A.Shea b 436 O.I.Lovelock c R.E.S.Wyatt lbw b C.V.Grimmett 11 120-4 257. M.C.C. v South Australia, Adelaide, October 30, 31, November 2, 3 (M.C.C. won by 105 runs) lbw b F.A.Ward 31 233 3 0 23 0 162 st C.W.Walker b F.A.Ward 23 236 16.3 5 35 4 R.A.Parker c W.R.Hammond 202 1 C.W.Walker c T.S.Worthington M.G.Waite lbw F.A.Ward b 41