Hedley verity biography
Hedley Verity's 10 for 10 - Cricket Yorkshire!
Hedley verity biography
Hedley Verity - one of the greatest left arm spinners of all time
“I think I knew all about Clarrie (Grimmett), but with Hedley I was never sure. You see, there was no breaking point with him. His whole career exemplified all that was best about cricket.” This is how Don Bradman remembered Hedley Verity.
And with good reason. The left-arm spin of the Yorkshire bowler, uncannily accurate at all time and unplayable on wet or turning wickets, accounted for the greatest batsman of the world as many as eight occasions in 16 Tests.
Perhaps the epic duel between the two would have resumed when Test cricket began again after the Second World War.
Perhaps there could have been many more added to the tally of 144 shows under the wickets column of his career superb figures.
However, he was called into the Greater Game, turning out for England as a Green Howards officer, in India, Persia and Egypt.
And he was killed in gunfire during a terrifying nigh