Famous Cricketers No 87 - J.H.Wardle

other bowler in the country and his number of maiden overs, (810), exceeded the second highest number by no fewer than 296. He took 158 Championship wickets at an average of 17.13 and, altogether, 177 wickets in the season at 19.54. He took five wickets or more in an innings eighteen times and ten or more in a match on three occasions. He seldom gave away even two runs an over during these performances. A few are worthy of mention. He took five for 72 off 56.5 overs against Derbyshire at Chesterfield, five for 49 off 41 overs against Gloucestershire at Harrogate, match figures of ten for 118 off 85.5 overs against Kent at Headingley, five for 40 off 37 overs against Glamorgan at Hull, five for 37 off 37 overs against Warwickshire at Bradford, match figures of eleven for 98 off 60.3 overs against Kent at Canterbury and seven for 49 off 35.3 overs against Middlesex at Bramall Lane. He clearly did not like giving runs away! As a batsman he scored 683 runs in the season at an average of 17.51 which included a fifty against Kent at Headingley to go with the ten wickets he took in that match. He held twenty catches. Despite taking more wickets than any other bowler this season he was not selected to play in any of the Test Matches against the Indian touring team. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 151. Yorkshire v MCC, Lord’s, April 30, May 1 (MCC won by an innings and 23 runs) b J.C.Laker 21 142 24 9 54 0 318 c T.E.Bailey b J.A.Young 46 153 152. Yorkshire v Somerset, Taunton, May (3), 5, (6) (Match drawn) did not bat - 237-4d 10 2 20 1 F.L.Angell lbw 91-6 153. Yorkshire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 7, (8), 9 (Match drawn) c M.C.Cowdrey b T.S.Penny 5 409-8d 24 8 29 2 P.J.Whitcombe b 131 1 T.S.Penny c E.Leadbeater 154. Yorkshire v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 10, 12, 13 (Match drawn) b R.Subba Row 10 345 24 5 57 1 R.Subba Row b 375-6d c C.J.M.Kenny b R.Subba Row 9 159-7 8 2 26 0 198-2d 155. Yorkshire v Somerset, Huddersfield, May 14, 15 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 32 runs) c S.S.Rogers b J.Lawrence 0 371-6d 17 8 37 4 J.Lawrence lbw 117 H.T.F.Buse st D.V.Brennan B.G.Brocklehurst b J.Redman b 32 9 58 6 H.Gimblett c H.Halliday 222 H.W.Stephenson c J.V.Wilson J.Lawrence c H.Halliday M.F.Tremlett b S.S.Rogers lbw J.Redman c N.W.D.Yardley 156. Yorkshire v Worcestershire, Bradford, May 17, 19 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 73 runs) c L.N.Devereux b R.O.Jenkins 2 399 12 7 11 0 114 1 29.3 13 75 6 L.F.Outschoorn c D.V.Brennan 212 R.E.Bird c H.Halliday R.G.Broadbent b G.Dews c L.Hutton R.T.D.Perks c F.S.Trueman G.T.O.Wilson c F.S.Trueman 157. Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Bramall Lane, May 24, 26, 27 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 26 runs) c J.M.Kelly b A.E.G.Rhodes 22 385-9d 13 7 9 3 G.L.Willatt b 116 1 A.E.G.Rhodes c W.Watson C.Gladwin b 14 5 30 0 243 158. Yorkshire v Lancashire, Headingley, May 31, June 2, 3 (Match drawn) did not bat - 347-2d 13 5 22 0 260-9d c N.D.Howard b R.Tattersall 7 145-8d 18 6 34 0 146-8 1 159. Yorkshire v Glamorgan, Swansea, June 4, (5), 6 (Match drawn) c and b N.G.Hever 24 232 28 12 70 1 W.Wooller c J.V.Wilson 233-8 24