Famous Cricketers No 45 - Hedley Verity

How He Got His Wickets B LBW C CWK ST HW Total Running Total 1930 14 2 33 5 8 2 64 1931 40 26 92 10 18 2 188 (252) 1932 34 20 89 6 12 1 162 (414) 1932/33 12 5 25 2 1 - 45 (459) 1933 36 19 100 15 20 - 190 (649) 1933/34 14 12 46 2 4 - 78 (727) 1934 34 21 81 5 8 1 150 (877) 1935 45 29 110 8 19 - 211 (1088) 1935/36 5 3 8 - - - 16 (1104) 1936 39 25 125 8 19 - 216 (1320) 1936/37 12 4 20 - 2 - 38 (1358) 1937 41 30 117 9 5 - 202 (1560) 1938 31 19 94 2 12 - 158 (1718) 1938/39 11 6 25 1 2 2 47 (1765) 1939 30 27 105 11 18 - 191 (1956) Total 398 248 1070 84 148 8 His Principal Victims The team in brackets after the batsman’s name is that which he most often represented when falling victim to Verity’s wiles. 20 M.J.L.Turnbull (Glamorgn) 16 E.H.Hendren (Middlesex), M.S.Nichols (Essex) 15 F.R.Brown (Surrey), R.M.Taylor (Essex) 14 R.E.S.Wyatt (Warwickshire) 13 D.Davies (Glamorgan) 12 C.I.J.Smith (Middlesex), L.J.Todd (Kent), B.H.Valentine (Kent), T.H.Wade (Essex) 11 H.T.Barling (Surrey), W.C.L.Creese (Hampshire), J.Iddon (Lancashire), J.H.Mayer (Warwickshire), J.O’Connor (Essex), E.Paynter (Lancashire), J.M.Sims (Middlesex) 10 D.G.Bradman (Australia), J.L.Hopwood (Lancashire), J.Langridge (Sussex), W.L.Neale (Gloucestershire), T.P.B.Smith (Essex), J.E.Timms (Northamptonshire), A.E.Watt (Kent) In addition he took the wicket of the following distinguished batsmen on a significant number of occasions :- 8 S.J.McCabe (Australia), G.E.Tyldesley (Lancashire) 7 L.S.Darling (Australia) 6 W.R.Hammond (Gloucestershire), G.A.Headley (West Indies), A.D.Nourse (South Africa), C.Washbrook (Lancashire), F.E.Woolley (Kent) 5 A.P.F.Chapman (Kent), J.H.W.Fingleton (Australia), V.M.Merchant (India) Who Helped Him The following were the principal “assistants” to Hedley Verity in all matches: Wicket-keeping 189 (ct 67, st 122) A.Wood Catches 171 A.Mitchell 101 A.B.Sellers 84 H.Verity (c and b) 72 H.Sutcliffe, C.Turner 65