X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Johnny Wardle


Johnny Wardle

In the second Test at Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town, he took 7 for 36 to dismiss South Africa for 72, and may have taken more than 26 Test wickets but for injury.

Apart from 5 for 79 and 3 for 51 on a flood-soaked pitch at Sydney, he had little to do.


Roy McLean

Batting against a bowling attack that included Brian Statham, Fred Trueman, Trevor Bailey and Johnny Wardle, he rode his luck, hitting 21 fours and a six but being dropped several times, and scoring 142 of 196 the runs while he was at the wicket, before he was finally bowled by Statham.


see also