Famous Cricketers No 45 - Hedley Verity

for 42 in three overs whilst scoring 57 not out in 24 minutes with 7 sixes; Verity, however, still finished with 7/75! His wife had been unwell for some time and Hedley thought that such a beautiful country with its warm climate would be ideal to help in her convalescence; accordingly he planned to return there for a holiday in the winter of 1940. Sadly, he was rather overtaken by events! Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 333. M.C.C. v Griqualand West, Kimberley, November 19, 21, 22 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 289 runs) c and b C.V.Franz 31 676 13.7 6 22 7 A.P.Steyn c L.Hutton 114 A.Dunn c W.J.Edrich T.H.Boggan lbw F.Nicholson st L.E.G.Ames A.H.Gyngell b J.Waddington lbw E.V.Franz b 26.2 13 44 4 F.W.Whelan b 273 J.Waddington st L.E.G.Ames J.P.McNally c W.J.Edrich A.Waddington c T.W.J.Goddard 334. M.C.C. v Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, November 26, 28 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 24 runs) c and b H.A.Sparks 14 412-6d 3 0 9 0 128 17 4 75 7 J.C.Newton b 260 1 S.K.Coen c H.T.Bartlett M.G.Francis c L.L.Wilkinson R.T.Dick b L.Tuckett c sub J.Robins lbw T.W.Fraser c R.T.D.Perks 335. M.C.C. v Natal, Durban, December 3, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c I.D.E.Anderson b O.C.Dawson 24 458 26 10 49 3 E.L.Dalton lbw 307 1 R.J.Williams c L.E.G.Ames R.H.Henderson b - - - - 30-0 336. M.C.C. v North-Eastern Transvaal, Pretoria, December 10, 12, 13 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 76 runs) not out 25 379-6d 6 0 35 0 161 5.5 1 20 4 L.O.Waller c L.L.Wilkinson 142 L.S.Brown c B.H.Valentine H.H.Watt b A.P.Lance c L.L.Wilkinson 337. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg, December 24, 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) b E.L.Dalton 26 422 44.1 16 61 4 P.G.V.van der Bijl lbw 390 1 A.Melville c and b E.L.Dalton c W.J.Edrich E.Q.Davies b did not bat - 291-4d 16 8 17 0 108-1 338. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town, December 31, January 2, 3, 4 (Match drawn) b A.C.B.Langton 29 559-9d 36.6 13 70 5 P.G.V.van der Bijl c B.H.Valentine 286 A.D.Nourse b W.W.Wade c W.J.Edrich X.C.Balaskas c E.Paynter A.Melville b 10 5 13 0 201-2 339. M.C.C. v Border, East London, January 13, 14, 16 (M.C.C. won by nine wickets) lbw b R.K.B.Morkel 9 320 2 0 8 1 H.W.Bowley c L.L.Wilkinson 121 1 not out 28 79-1 11 1 26 0 275 1 340. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Durban, January 20, 21, 23 (England won by an innings and 13 runs) did not bat - 469-4d 8 4 9 0 103 35 10 71 3 P.G.V.van der Bijl b 353 E.L.Dalton c W.R.Hammond N.Gordon c W.J.Edrich 52