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Hedley Verity took a first-class record 10 wickets for 10 runs against Nottinghamshire in 1932.
He dismissed Don Bradman eight times in Tests, more than any other bowler.
Verity died aged 38 in 1943 as a prisoner of war in Italy.
Some cricketers are remembered for their statistics, others for the manner of their lives, and a rare few for both. Hedley Verity belongs firmly in that final category, a Yorkshire slow left-armer whose bowling carved records that still stand and whose death in wartime lent his name a solemn permanence.
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Hedley Verity took a first-class record 10 wickets for 10 runs against Nottinghamshire in 1932.
He dismissed Don Bradman eight times in Tests, more than any other bowler.
Verity died aged 38 in 1943 as a prisoner of war in Italy.
Some cricketers are remembered for their statistics, others for the manner of their lives, and a rare few for both. Hedley Verity belongs firmly in that final category, a Yorkshire slow left-armer whose bowling carved records that still stand and whose death in wartime lent his name a solemn permanence.
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