Famous Cricketers No 87 - J.H.Wardle

303. Yorkshire v MCC, Scarborough, August 31, September 1, 2 (Match drawn) c P.A.Gibb b B.D.Wells 11 304-9d 15 6 38 2 T.E.Bailey c D.B.Close 152 P.A.Gibb c D.B.Close 13 3 50 1 W.H.H.Sutcliffe c N.W.D.Yardley 165-6 304. Players v Gentlemen, Scarborough, September 3, 5, 6 (Players won by two wickets) b G.Goonesena 20 276 24 5 81 4 W.H.H.Sutcliffe b 331 D.J.Insole c D.B.Close G.Goonesena c J.V.Wilson W.S.Surridge lbw lbw b G.Goonesena 24 217-8 13 6 43 2 W.J.Edrich c V.S.Munden 159-6d W.H.H.Sutcliffe c A.V.Bedser 305. T.N.Pearce’s XI v South Africans, Scarborough, September 7, 8, 9 (South Africans won by four wickets) c D.J.McGlew b T.L.Goddard 17 236 18.4 3 76 2 H.J.Tayfield b 354 P.S.Heine st G.O.Dawkes b H.J.Tayfield 28 328-9d 10.5 0 53 1 P.S.Heine c R.T.Simpson 211-6 1 306. The Rest v Surrey (Champion County), Kennington Oval, September 10, 12, 13, 14 (The Rest won by two wickets) c G.A.R.Lock b J.C.Laker 17 299 20.4 9 32 5 M.J.Stewart lbw 165 P.B.H.May b J.C.Laker c D.Shackleton G.A.R.Lock b P.J.Loader c A.Hamer c E.A.Bedser b P.J.Loader 11 164-8 33 11 89 2 J.C.Laker c R.T.Spooner 297 1 G.A.R.Lock c J.V.Wilson SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Test Matches 3 5 0 71 24 14.20 - - Players v Gentlemen 1 2 0 44 24 22.00 - - Championship 23 29 1 274 41 9.78 - 13 Other Yorkshire matches 4 5 0 94 74 18.80 1 2 Other matches 3 6 0 88 28 14.66 - 2 Season 34 47 1 571 74 12.41 1 17 Career 306 396 51 5736 79 16.62 16 208 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test Matches 165.4 77 273 15 4-24 18.20 - - 66.26 27.46 Players v Gentlemen 37 11 124 6 4-81 20.66 - - 37.00 55.85 Championship 989.2 384 1977 133 7-72 14.86 9 1 44.63 33.30 Other Yorks matches 189.5 66 465 26 5-34 17.88 3 1 43.80 40.82 Other matches 114.5 34 310 15 5-32 20.66 1 - 45.93 44.99 Season 1496.4 572 3149 195 7-72 16.14 13 2 46.05 35.06 Career (6b) 13196.1 5300 } 27643 1394 9-25 19.82 106 20 58.34 33.98 (8b) 269.7 60 1956 Wardle had another fine season in 1956 taking 153 wickets in all matches at an average of only 16.22. He played in only one Test Match against the Australian tourists, the Second Test at Lord’s. In a wet summer Tony Lock was considered a more destructive left-arm spinner than Wardle and he played in the other four Tests. Nevertheless Wardle continued to be mightily effective for Yorkshire taking 105 wickets in the Championship at the remarkably low average of 15.92. He took five wickets in an innings four times and once, against “the old enemy” Lancashire at Old Trafford, he took ten wickets in the match. On this occasion he took ten for 104 but his efforts just failed to secure victory for his side. He took five for 27 against the Australians at Bradford and, in another Yorkshire match against Scotland at Hull, he captured four wickets for six runs in nineteen overs, fifteen of which were maidens. In the Test at Lord’s he had the misfortune to make a “pair” and he took only one wicket for 43