Famous Cricketers No 87 - J.H.Wardle

21. Yorkshire v Northamptonshire, Northampton, August 23, 25 (Yorkshire won by 351 runs) lbw b C.B.Clarke 28 280 7 0 28 0 146 c K.Fiddling b V.Broderick 51 331 4 1 16 0 114 22. Yorkshire v Essex, Southend-on-Sea, August 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) b T.E.Bailey 26 401 38 7 112 3 T.E.Bailey b 468 1 D.R.Wilcox c A.Coxon D.J.Insole c A.B.Sellers b T.P.B.Smith 2 280 6 0 12 0 95-2 23. Yorkshire v Hampshire, Bournemouth, August 30, September 1, 2 (Match drawn) did not bat - 464-5d 33 16 57 2 G.W.Dawson c H.Halliday 308 2 E.D.R.Eagar c W.E.Bowes 25 11 52 0 295-6 3 24. Yorkshire v MCC, Scarborough, September 3, 4, 5 (MCC won by 59 runs) b A.W.H.Mallett 44 257 27 6 93 1 T.G.Evans c N.W.D.Yardley 362 c and b G.F.H.Heane 0 205 10.5 2 39 1 A.W.H.Mallett st D.V.Brennan 159 1 25. North v South, Scarborough, September 6, 8, 9 (Match drawn) lbw b F.R.Brown 1 397 52 8 236 3 W.Wooller c N.W.D.Yardley 570-6d R.Howorth c W.Place D.R.Wilcox st N.W.D.Yardley did not bat - 174-2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Championship 20 30 3 445 51 16.48 1 19 Other Yorkshire matches 3 5 1 136 63* 34.00 1 5 Other match 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - Season 24 36 4 582 63* 18.18 2 24 Career 25 38 6 594 63* 18.56 2 24 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Championship 810.2 314 1630 70 7-66 23.28 4 - 69.45 33.52 Other Yorks matches 129.4 40 324 13 3-32 24.92 - - 59.84 41.64 Other match 52 8 236 3 3-236 78.66 - - 104.00 75.64 Season 992 362 2190 86 7-66 25.46 4 - 69.20 36.79 Career 995 362 2200 86 7-66 25.58 4 - 69.41 36.85 1947/48 - MCC in the West Indies Wardle toured West Indies in the winter of 1947/48. He did not have a brilliant tour with Wisden commenting that he did not settle down to the strange conditions, including the matting wickets. He made his Test debut in the Second Test at Port-of-Spain, Trinidad where he appears to have been under-used, coming on as the seventh bowler tried and bowling no more than three overs for nine runs whilst the other spinners, Laker, Howorth and Ikin bowled eighty-six overs between them. As Wardle batted at number ten one can only conclude that he was included reluctantly to make up the numbers. In other tour games he took six wickets at 72.00 each dismissing Test batsmen Ken Trestrail and Gerry Gomez amongst his other victims. He scored 77 runs in eight innings at an average of 11.00 and he took two catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 26. MCC v Barbados, Bridgetown, January 15, (16), 17, 19 (Match drawn) b J.H.Lucas 2 358 7 1 29 0 243-6d 11 2 32 0 182-8 27. MCC v Trinidad, Port-of-Spain, January 29, 30, 31, February 2 (Match drawn) lbw b W.Ferguson 8 418 50 12 122 1 K.B.Trestrail lbw 481-4d did not bat - 80-3 5 2 8 0 101-0d 8