Famous Cricketers No 87 - J.H.Wardle

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 1 1 0 14 14 14.00 - 2 Championship 24 25 5 319 40* 15.95 - 24 Other Yorkshire matches 5 6 1 93 31* 18.60 - 3 Other match 1 2 0 40 33 20.00 - - Season 31 34 6 466 40* 16.64 - 29 Career 62 80 13 1137 63* 16.97 2 55 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Players v Gentlemen 38 9 110 1 1-63 110.00 - - 228.00 48.24 Championship 1088.3 429 2273 129 8-87 17.62 11 2 50.62 34.80 Other Yorks matches 159.1 43 460 19 6-54 24.21 1 - 50.26 48.16 Other match 18 2 80 1 1-80 80.00 - - 108.00 74.07 Season 1303.4 483 2923 150 8-87 19.48 12 2 52.14 37.36 Career 2470.3 879 5564 242 8-87 22.99 16 2 61.25 37.53 1949 Yorkshire shared the County Championship title with Middlesex in 1949. Wardle’s contribution to their success was to take seventy-nine Championship wickets at an average of 20.62. He missed a number of matches between 27th May and July 9th when Arthur Mason was chosen as the left-arm spinner but once he got his place back he had some notable triumphs including twelve wickets for 122 against Surrey at Kennington Oval, eleven for 176 against the New Zealanders at Bramall Lane and eleven for 123 against Hampshire at Hull. He also wrapped up the vital win at Newport against Glamorgan at the end of the season taking five for 15 as the Welsh team were bowled out for 69 in their second innings. He achieved his hundred wickets for the season at the Scarborough Festival, taking, altogether, 103 wickets at 22.65. As a batsman he contributed 412 runs at an average of 17.16 including fifties against Worcestershire at Bramall Lane and Leicestershire at Leicester. He added 132 for the eighth wicket with Willie Watson in the Leicester match. He took fifteen catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 63. Yorkshire v New Zealanders, Bradford, April 30, May 2, 3 (Match drawn) b J.A.Cowie 8 346 20 3 71 0 370-7d 3 did not bat - 101-3 27 7 87 1 W.M.Wallace c J.V.Wilson 244-6d 64. Yorkshire v Somerset, Headingley, May 7, 9 (Yorkshire won by nine wickets) b H.T.F.Buse 12 218 - - - - 112 did not bat - 74-1 6 3 14 0 176 65. Yorkshire v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 11, 12, 13 (Yorkshire won by nine wickets) not out 28 317-6d 47 18 91 5 J.G.Dewes c and b 283 2 G.H.G.Doggart lbw A.C.Burnett c and b M.H.Stevenson c E.P.Robinson O.B.Popplewell c N.W.D.Yardley did not bat - 164-1 11 4 20 0 196 66. Yorkshire v Worcestershire, Bramall Lane, May 21, 23, 24 (Worcestershire won by 186 runs) run out 5 153 46 12 93 5 E.Cooper c D.V.Brennan 263 D.Kenyon hit wkt L.F.Outschoorn st D.V.Brennan R.O.Jenkins c W.Watson R.T.D.Perks c E.P.Robinson c L.F.Outschoorn b R.O.Jenkins 70 147 32 12 76 5 E.Cooper st D.V.Brennan 223-7d L.F.Outschoorn b G.Dews c E.I.Lester R.Howorth c W.Watson R.T.D.Perks c W.Watson 13