Famous Cricketers No 87 - J.H.Wardle

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test Matches 155.3 57 344 13 4-7 26.46 - - 71.76 36.87 Players v Gentlemen 51 6 192 2 1-86 96.00 - - 153.00 62.74 Championship 1115.2 453 2296 101 7-56 22.73 7 3 66.25 34.30 Other Yorks matches 207.4 68 446 25 6-25 17.84 3 1 49.84 36.59 Other matches 77 19 262 5 2-107 52.40 - - 92.40 56.70 Season 1606.3 603 3540 146 7-56 24.24 10 4 66.02 36.72 Career 10031.2 4056 20310 969 8-26 20.95 76 16 62.10 33.74 1953/54 - MCC in the West Indies Wardle’s second tour of West Indies was not much more successful than his first as a bowler. He played in two Test Matches - the two England won - but took only four wickets in them at a cost of 46.75 each. But he did make vital contributions as a batsman with stands of 69 and 105 with Len Hutton in the Third and Fifth Tests, Wardle’s scores being 38 and 66. He had an effective 12.3 over spell in the Georgetown Test in which he took three West Indies wickets for 24 runs and he took six wickets for 77 in the provincial match against British Guiana. He played in only five matches altogether with Tony Lock being the favoured left-arm spinner who played in all the Tests although Wardle’s average for both the Tests and the tour was better than Lock’s was. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 218. MCC v Jamaica, Melbourne Park, Kingston, January 8, 9, 11, 12 (Match drawn) lbw b E.S.M.Kentish 4 286 19 3 54 2 K.R.Rickards lbw 187 R.O.Scarlett b did not bat - 34-1 21 9 54 0 328-4d 219. MCC v British Guiana, Georgetown, February 17, 18, 19, 20 (MCC won by an innings and 98 runs) c R.J.Christiani b G.Gibbs 4 607 39 17 77 6 A.Gibbons b 262 1 G.A.Camacho c T.W.Graveney R.J.Christiani c F.S.Trueman C.A.McWatt c and b L.R.Gibbs b S.Seaforth b 28 9 82 3 A.Gibbons b 247 N.Thomas lbw C.A.McWatt c T.W.Graveney 220. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Georgetown, February 24, 25, 26, 27 March 1, 2 (England won by nine wickets) b S.Ramadhin 38 435 22 4 60 0 251 did not bat - 75-1 12.3 4 24 3 G.E.Gomez c T.W.Graveney 256 D.St E.Atkinson b A.L.Valentine b 221. MCC v Trinidad, Port-of-Spain, March 10, 11, 12, 13, 15 (MCC won by seven wickets) c J.O.Taylor b W.Ferguson 18 331-8d 26 7 60 0 329 did not bat - 233-3 24 9 55 3 R.A.Legall c and b 232 2 B.Kanhai st R.T.Spooner J.O.Taylor b 222. ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Sabina Park, Kingston, March 30, 31, April 1, 2, 3 (England won by nine wickets) c J.K.Holt b G.St A.Sobers 66 414 10 1 20 0 139 1 did not bat - 72-1 39 14 83 1 E.De C.Weekes b 346 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Test Matches 2 2 0 104 66 52.00 1 2 Other matches 3 3 0 26 15 8.66 - 3 Tour 5 5 0 130 66 26.00 1 5 Career 222 288 44 4287 79 17.56 10 158 32