Famous Cricketers No 87 - J.H.Wardle

338. Yorkshire v Kent, Dover, August 25, (27), 28 (Match drawn) did not bat - 158-5 21 5 33 1 A.E.Fagg c J.G.Binks 156 339. Yorkshire v MCC, Scarborough, August 29, 30, 31 (Yorkshire won by 188 runs) c T.G.Evans b D.V.P.Wright 20 238-9d 10 1 23 2 E.Smith lbw 113 F.H.Tyson c J.V.Wilson did not bat - 237-5d 21.2 4 73 5 C.C.P.Williams c R.Appleyard 174 1 A.E.Moss lbw G.P.S.Delisle c J.G.Binks T.G.Evans st J.G.Binks F.H.Tyson b 340. Players v Gentlemen, Scarborough, September 1, 3, 4 (Players won by seven wickets) not out 24 344-8d 30 3 98 3 A.C.Walton c and b 342-9d 1 D.J.Insole b S.Singh st T.G.Evans did not bat - 185-3 16 3 37 2 W.H.H.Sutcliffe b 184 D.J.Insole st T.G.Evans 341. T.N.Pearce’s XI v Australians, Scarborough, September 5, 6, 7 (Australians won by five wickets) st L.V.Maddocks b R.Benaud 22 272-9d 13 0 92 1 J.W.Rutherford b 280-7d 1 did not bat - 200-7d - - - - 193-5 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Test Match 1 2 0 0 0 0.00 - - Players v Gentlemen 1 1 1 24 24* - - 1 Championship 25 31 4 435 55* 16.11 1 15 Other Yorkshire matches 7 6 1 45 20 9.00 - 5 Other match 1 1 0 22 22 22.00 - 1 Season 35 41 6 526 55* 15.02 1 22 Career 341 437 57 6262 79 16.47 17 230 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test Match 27 9 59 1 1-40 59.00 - - 162.00 36.41 Players v Gentlemen 46 6 135 5 3-98 27.00 - - 55.20 48.91 Championship 929.5 377 1672 105 5-37 15.92 4 1 53.13 29.96 Other Yorks matches 225.2 74 524 41 5-18 12.78 4 - 32.97 38.75 Other match 13 0 92 1 1-92 92.00 - - 78.00 117.94 Season 1241.1 466 2482 153 5-18 16.22 8 1 48.67 33.32 Career (6b) 14437.2 5766 } 30125 1547 9-25 19.47 114 21 57.38 33.93 (8b) 269.7 60 1956/57 - MCC in South Africa 1956/57 Wardle had an outstanding tour of South Africa in the winter of 1956/57. In four Test Matches - he was injured and missed the last Test - he took twenty-six wickets at an average of 13.80. In all first-class matches he took no fewer than ninety wickets at 12.25 and in all tour games he took 105 wickets. Bowling left-hander’s off-breaks and googlies he bamboozled the South African batsmen and attempts to attack him were rarely successful. In the Second Test at Cape Town he bowled England to a resounding victory taking twelve wickets for 89 runs including a second innings analysis of seven for 36. At Johannesburg in the Fourth Test he took his hundredth wicket in Test cricket when he clean bowled C.A.R.Duckworth in South Africa’s second innings. In other tour matches he was almost unplayable taking fourteen for 96 against the Orange Free State, ten for 58 against a South African XI and seven for 20 in 5.1 overs against Griqualand West. As a batsman he scored 207 runs at an average of 13.80 and he held eleven catches. 47