Famous Cricketers No 45 - Hedley Verity

Breakdown of Innings Analyses 10 wickets in an innings 2 times 9 wickets in an innings 7 times 8 wickets in an innings 13 times 7 wickets in an innings 34 times 6 wickets in an innings 44 times 5 wickets in an innings 64 times Total 164 Off Days! Although Hedley Verity’s greatness as a bowler is unquestioned and he so often returned match figures that beggar belief, he did have a few “off days” in terms of either runs conceded over an innings or there were even rarer occasions when batsmen launched a successful assault on his usual immaculate length and accuracy. He conceded 100 runs or more in an innings 26 times, the least successful in terms of wickets taken being :- 0-125 Yorkshire v Rest of Englnad Kennington Oval 1933 0-123 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Kennington Oval 1934 1-127 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Melbourne 1936/37 2-106 Yorkshire v Surrey Kennington Oval 1930 2-100 Yorkshire v Middlesex Bramall Lane 1930 2-121 Yorkshire v Lancashire Bramall Lane 1937 2-108 Yorkshire v Sussex Hove 1939 (he took 7-9 in the second innings) Some spectacular assaults on his bowling were: 12-0-70-0 Yorkshire v Kent Bradford 1931 (Frank Woolley was largely responsible) 14-2-87-0 Yorkshire v South Africans Bramall Lane 1935 (including 30 in an over by H.B.Cameron) 9-0-89-0 Yorkshire v Somerset Bath 1936 (including 48 in 2 overs by tail-enders H.L.Hazell and H.Hunt) 15-6-59-0 Yorkshire v Sussex Headingley 1938 (Hugh Bartlett twice hit him for three sixes in an over) 70