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
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Wilfred Rhodes, Verity's predecessor as Yorkshire's left-arm spinner
Douglas Jardine, Verity's captain in Australia and India, was an admirer of Verity.
Norman Walter Dransfield Yardley was an English cricketer who played for Cambridge University, Yorkshire County Cricket Club and England, as a right-handed batsman and occasional bowler. An amateur, h
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…training recruits. In the spring of 1941, the battalion moved to Omagh in Northern Ireland for further training. Verity's Yorkshire and England teammate Norman Yardley was also in the 1st Battalion; the fame of these cricketers made an impression on the local population. Playing several cricket matches, Verity frequently…
Yardley at an unofficial Test match against India in Lahore on 13 November 1937
Yardley receiving massage in 1947 before a match against South Africa