Famous Cricketers No 87 - J.H.Wardle

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Strike RunR Test Matches 139.6 37 359 26 7-36 13.80 3 1 43.00 32.11 Other matches 240.5 57 744 64 8-80 11.62 5 3 30.07 38.64 Tour (8b) 380.3 94 1103 90 8-80 12.25 8 4 33.81 36.24 Career (6b) 14437.2 5766 } 31228 1637 9-25 19.07 122 25 56.09 34.01 (8b) 650.2 154 1957 After his triumphs in South Africa one might have expected Wardle to be an automatic choice for England for many series to come but, in fact, he was to play just one more Test match, the Second Test against West Indies at Lord’s in 1957. In this match he took his 102nd and last Test wicket, that of Asgarali caught by F.S.Trueman in West Indies second innings. In the Championship he took 92 wickets at an average of 18.55. Included in these figures were match analyses of eleven for 70 against Somerset at Headingley and ten for 54 against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham. He took five wickets in an innings seven times in all matches but overall he was not quite as effective as he had been in previous years. His 114 wickets cost him 20.00 each, the first season since 1953 in which his wickets had cost him 20 or more. As a batsman he scored 546 runs at an average of 15.60 including an innings of 64 against the West Indians at Bramall Lane. He took nine catches. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 356. Yorkshire v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 1, 2, 3 (Yorkshire won by 212 runs) c G.W.Cook b G.Goonesena 9 348-9d 12 7 29 0 159 not out 7 157-5d 24 14 34 0 134 357. Yorkshire v Derbyshire, Bradford, May 4, 6 (Yorkshire won by nine wickets) b D.B.Carr 6 265 18.3 11 24 1 D.B.Carr c J.V.Wilson 149 1 did not bat - 23-1 14 5 34 2 A.C.Revill c J.V.Wilson 138 D.B.Carr c F.S.Trueman 358. Yorkshire v Leicestershire, Leicester, May 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) c and b C.T.Spencer 18 278 43 14 124 5 M.R.Hallam c J.V.Wilson 336 L.R.Gardner b C.H.Palmer c J.V.Wilson M.F.Hickman b V.S.Munden b 359. Yorkshire v Warwickshire, Middlesbrough, May 11, 13, (14) (Match drawn) b A.Townsend 0 170 7 5 6 0 142 2 2 0 0 11-0 360. Yorkshire v Oxford University, The Parks, May 15, 16 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 41 runs) c R.W.Wilson b R.G.Woodcock 8 332-8d 9 4 13 2 J.D.Currie b 95 R.G.Woodcock c R.Appleyard 1 22 6 65 5 M.D.Scott b 196 1 M.A.Eagar lbw J.G.Raybould b R.G.Woodcock c J.V.Wilson R.Bowman b 361. Yorkshire v Somerset, Headingley, May 18, 20 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 48 runs) b B.Lobb 3 296-9d 25.2 11 34 7 L.Pickles c J.V.Wilson 144 W.E.Alley c F.S.Trueman G.M.Tripp c F.S.Trueman M.F.Tremlett c M.J.Cowan J.G.Lomax c J.V.Wilson B.A.Langford c J.V.Wilson J.W.J.McMahon c J.G.Binks 50 1 The Yorkshire scorebook shows Wardle as 22 overs, 6 maidens (and Close as 6 overs, 4 maidens) whilst the Oxford University scorebook and Wisden show Wardle as 23 overs, 7 maidens (and Close as 5 overs, 3 maidens).