Hedley Verity
Hedley Verity was a professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England between 1930 and 1939. A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, he took 1,956 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 14. 90 and 144 wickets in 40 Tests at anAverage of 24. 37. Named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1932, he is regarded as one. of the most effective slow Left-arm bowlers to have played cricket.
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Hedley Verity was a professional cricketer who played for Yorkshire and England between 1930 and 1939. A slow left-arm orthodox bowler, he took 1,956 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 14. 90 and 144 wickets in 40 Tests at anAverage of 24. 37. Named as one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1932, he is regarded as one. of the most effective slow Left-arm bowlers to have played cricket. Verity left school aged 14 to work for his father, who had established a coal business in Guiseley, and played cricket for Rawdon’s second team. During the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943, he was severely wounded and captured by the Germans. He died in Caserta from his injuries and was buried there. The family moved to Armley, then to the more rural location of Rawdon, before moving to Leeds in the 1920s. In 1921, he made his debut for Yorkshire in league cricket; some of his subsequent performances attracted notice of the local press. The following season he was spotted by Yorkshire coach George Hirst and given a trial in the team. In 1931, his first full season, he achieved the rare feat of taking all 10 wickets, against Warwickshire, while conceding just 10 runs. In 1933, he played regularly for England and achieved the best performance of his career when he took 15 wickets against Australia in a Test match at Lord’s in 1934. In 1939, Verity joined the Green Howards in 1939, and after training was posted overseas to India, Persia and Egypt, achieving the rank of captain.
He was the eldest child of Hedley and Edith Verity, who worked for a local coal company, and. Edith Elwick, a Sunday school teacher, also had two sisters, Grace andEdith. From an early age, he watched Yorkshire play County Cricket matches at Leeds, Bradford and, during family holidays, Scarborough. He established himself as part of a strong bowling unit, which assisted Yorkshire to the County Championship seven times in his ten seasons with the club. In 1929, he switched to bowling spin in an attempt to secure a place in the Yorkshire team. He maintained this style until 1929 and was capable of bowling both inswingers and outswingers. While working for his dad, he devoted increasing amounts of time to practice practice practice in the nets. In 1924, he began to see increased potential in his batting, which began to be seen by the Yorkshire Evening Post. His batting improved steadily and he was given a contract in Rawdon in 1924. In 1925, he became Yorkshire’s first-choice spinner. In 1926, he moved to Rawdon and played in the Lancashire League. His first season was not a success but, after moving clubs, he started to make a name for himself. In 1930, he led the national bowling averages.
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