Famous Cricketers No 45 - Hedley Verity

such as in the Leicestershire match at Bradford when Ellis Robinson took five slip catches off him in the first innings in his season’s best analysis of 7/18. He played in all four Tests against the visiting Australians (the Test at Old Trafford having been rained off without a ball bowled) and at Lord’s dismissed Bradman for the eighth time in Tests and the tenth overall, equalling Grimmett’s record. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 302. Yorkshire v M.C.C., Lord’s, April 30, May 2, (3) (Match drawn) not out 45 339 16 9 23 2 R.E.S.Wyatt c A.Mitchell 325 F.R.Brown b did not bat - 21-1 303. Yorkshire v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 4, 5, 6 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 105 runs) not out 27 540 35.5 15 49 4 P.A.Gibb c T.F.Smailes 264 M.St J.Packe c C.Turner J.V.Wild c T.F.Smailes M.A.C.P.Kaye c M.Leyland 27.4 13 39 7 P.A.Gibb c and b 171 2 J.D.A.Langley c A.B.Sellers N.W.D.Yardley c and b M. St J.Packe c E.P.Robinson F.G.Mann lbw A.H.Brodhurst st A.Wood W.R.Rees-Davies st A.Wood 304. Yorkshire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 7, 9, 10 (Match drawn) not out 10 420 28 14 35 3 E.J.H.Dixon lbw 231 G.R.J.de Soysa b E.K.Scott c C.Turner did not bat - 39-0 41 15 86 3 E.J.H.Dixon b 344-8d 1 J.M.Lomas c C.Turner G.R.J.de Soysa c A.B.Sellers 305. Yorkshire v Essex, Ilford, May 11, 12, 13 (Yorkshire won by four wickets) c and b L.C.Eastman 0 289 35.5 14 49 4 D.R.Wilcox b 327 L.C.Eastman c W.Barber J.O’Connor st A.Wood T.H.Wade lbw did not bat - 257-6 29 8 75 5 D.R.Wilcox c A.Hamer 218 L.C.Eastman c C.Turner M.S.Nichols c A.B.Sellers A.B.Quick c W.Barber T.H.Wade b 306. Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, Gloucester, May 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) not out 19 266 43 15 85 2 B.O.Allen c C.Turner 428-9d A.E.Wilson c C.Turner did not bat - 58-0 307. Yorkshire v Essex, Bramall Lane, May (18), 19, 20 (Yorkshire won by 127 runs) b M.S.Nichols 2 171 14 2 52 3 A.B.Lavers b 131 2 A.B.Quick st A.Wood T.P.B.Smith b c J.W.A.Stephenson b M.S.Nichols 6 177 12.4 2 40 7 D.R.Wilcox c T.F.Smailes 90 L.C.Eastman c W.Barber F.H.Rist c A.B.Sellers R.M.Taylor lbw M.S.Nichols c C.Turner A.B.Quick st A.Wood T.H.Wade c L.Hutton 308. Yorkshire v Sussex, Headingley, May 21, 23, 24 (Match drawn) st W.L.Cornford b J.Langridge 2 401 15 6 59 0 260 20 5 38 0 115-3 309. Yorkshire v Kent, Hull, May (28), 30, 31 (Match drawn) 6 1 17 1 F.E.Woolley c W.E.Bowes 78-1 48