Famous Cricketers No 87 - J.H.Wardle

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test Matches 142.5 82 176 20 7-56 8.80 1 - 42.85 20.53 Players v Gentlemen 33 5 127 6 5-85 21.16 1 - 33.00 64.14 Championship 799.4 321 1552 94 9-25 16.51 7 2 51.04 32.34 Other Yorks matches 219.3 84 459 28 5-42 16.39 3 - 47.03 34.85 Other match 67 29 135 7 6-67 19.28 1 - 57.42 33.58 Season 1262 521 2449 155 9-25 15.80 13 2 48.85 32.34 Career 11533.5 4654 23328 1142 9-25 20.42 90 18 60.59 33.71 1954/55 - MCC in Australia and New Zealand Wardle’s only tour of Australia saw him play a vital part in the retention of “The Ashes”. He did not play in the First Test at Brisbane, England opting disastrously for an all pace attack, but he took part in the other four taking ten Australian wickets at an average of 22.90. He made invaluable contributions with the bat as well, scoring 35 in the Second Test at Sydney where his last wicket stand with Brian Statham added 43 to boost England’s first innings score to 154 all out. As England won the match by just 38 runs it can be seen how valuable Wardle’s innings was. In the Third Test at Melbourne he played another useful innings of 38 in England’s second innings of 279 all out. He came into his own as a bowler in the final Test at Sydney where his varied spin dismissed eight Australian batsmen for 130 runs. There is little doubt that had it not been for rain interuptions, Wardle would have bowled England to a fourth victory in this match. In all matches on the tour he took fifty-seven wickets at an average of 20.45 and scored 341 runs at 17.05. He took nine catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 255. MCC v Western Australia, Perth, October 15, 16, 18, 19 (MCC won by seven wickets) c J.K.E.Munro b R.B.Strauss 5 321 5 2 11 0 103 did not bat - 40-3 10 1 29 1 P.C.D.McCarthy c P.B.H.May 255 256. MCC v Combined XI, Perth, October 22, 23, 25 (MCC won by an innings and 62 runs) st J.K.E.Munro b E.P.James 6 311 4 0 11 2 J.W.Rutherford c and b 86 1 L.Pavy st T.G.Evans 11.6 1 34 4 L.M.Sawle c T.E.Bailey 163 R.H.Price c R.Appleyard H.R.Gorringe c J.V.Wilson E.P.James b 257. MCC v Australian XI, Melbourne, November 5, 6, (8), (9) (Match drawn) b I.W.G.Johnson 8 205 21 9 41 0 167-7 258. MCC v Queensland, Brisbane, November 19, 20, 22, 23 (Match drawn) c C.E.Harvey b R.G.Archer 1 304 19 7 57 0 288 lbw b R.G.Archer 27 288 - - - - 25-2 259. MCC v Victoria, Melbourne, December 10, 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) b J.F.Power 16 312 12.5 2 41 1 W.A.Johnston c P.J.Loader 277 did not bat - 236-5d 4 0 14 1 J.L.Chambers lbw 88-3 260. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, December 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 (England won by 38 runs) c J.W.Burke b W.A.Johnston35 154 - - - - 228 lbw b R.R.Lindwall 8 296 4 2 11 0 184 261. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, December 31, January 1, 3, 4, 5 (England won by 128 runs) b R.G.Archer 0 191 6 0 20 1 R.G.Archer b 231 b I.W.G.Johnson 38 279 1 0 1 0 111 262. MCC v Combined XI, Hobart, January 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) lbw b W.Hird 9 242 9 3 26 0 221 1 did not bat - 99-2 11 3 38 0 184-6d 263. MCC v Tasmania, Launceston, January 13, 14, 15 (MCC won by 243 runs) c B.Brownlow b N.V.Diprose 63 427-7d 9 2 29 2 J.M.Maddox b 117 B.D.Richardson b 37