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10 for 10

10 for 10

Hedley Verity and the Story of Cricket's Greatest Bowling Feat

by Chris Waters
Hardback
Publication Date: 05/06/2014

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Hedley Verity was one of Yorkshire and England's greatest cricketers. In a career that ran from 1930 to 1939, the left-arm spin bowler took 1,956 wickets at an average of 14.90. Verity was chiefly responsible for England's only Ashes victory at Lord's in the 20th century, when his 15 wickets helped to win the 1934 Test - 14 of them captured in a single day. And he dismissed the legendary Australian batsman Don Bradman more times than anyone in Test cricket, claiming his wicket on eight occasions - and a record-equalling 10 times in first class cricket.

But the high-water mark of Verity's career came during a long-forgotten County Championship match in 1932. On the Headingley ground near his birthplace, Verity returned staggering figures of 10 for 10 against Nottinghamshire - a world record that still stands.

Now, for the first time, the story of this amazing game has been told as Chris Waters narrates it in relation to Verity's career - a career that ended with the outbreak of a war in which Verity was tragically killed at the age of 38.

Warm and wistful, charming and colourful, 10 for 10: Hedley Verity and the story of cricket's greatest bowling feat honours the history of our summer sport.
ISBN:
9781472908902
9781472908902
Category:
Cricket
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
05-06-2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
240
Dimensions (mm):
120x180x21mm
Weight:
0.25kg
Chris Waters

Chris Waters is cricket correspondent for The Yorkshire Post. He is a prize-winning author having previously won Wisden Book of the Year, The Cricket Society/MCC Book of the Year and the British Sports Book Awards Cricket Book of the Year.

Previous titles are Fred Trueman- The Authorised Biography and 10 for 10- Hedley Verity and the Story of Cricket's Greatest Bowling Feat.

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