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Bill Bowes vs Ken Higgs
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sayon basak
International Coach
Bill Bowes performance when at least one of Don Bradman, Jack Hobbs, Wally Hammond, Len Hutton, Herbert Sutcliffe, George Headley, Denis Compton, Dudley Nourse, Vijay Merchant, Stan McCabe or Bruce Mitchell was batting for the opponent team (the number of times he took their wicket is provided in the brackets, along with some additional information if required):
110 innings, 263 wickets @ 22.09
vs Jack Hobbs:
11 innings, 35 wickets @ 18.77 (4 times)
vs Wally Hammond:
27 innings, 71 wickets @ 20.62 (11 times)
vs Don Bradman:
20 innings, 46 wickets @ 25.96 (5 times, all of which were in Test matches)
vs Herbert Sutcliffe:
15 innings, 26 wickets @ 25.54 (5 times)
vs Len Hutton:
1 innings, 4/53 (got Len Hutton out for 2 runs. Sutcliffe played in this match as well)
vs George Headley:
7 innings, 18 wickets @ 28.33 (once)
vs Denis Compton:
15 innings, 42 wickets @ 13.76 (twice)
vs Stan McCabe:
4 innings; 0/70 & 5/42 in one match where Don didn't play (got McCabe out in the 2nd innings); and 0/63 & 1/111 in the two matches both Don and McCabe played.
vs Vijay Merchant:
3 innings; 0/14 in a FC match, 1/64 & 0/9 in a Test match (couldn't get him out). Merchant was in the Indian squad in an MCC vs Indians match, but was absent hurt (Bowes took 1/36 & 0/24 in that match, but it was excluded in this record)
vs Bruce Mitchell:
10 innings, 19 wickets @ 28.68 (twice)
vs Dudley Nourse:
6 innings, 14 wickets @ 24.57 (twice; Mitchell played in all of these matches)
110 innings, 263 wickets @ 22.09
vs Jack Hobbs:
11 innings, 35 wickets @ 18.77 (4 times)
vs Wally Hammond:
27 innings, 71 wickets @ 20.62 (11 times)
vs Don Bradman:
20 innings, 46 wickets @ 25.96 (5 times, all of which were in Test matches)
vs Herbert Sutcliffe:
15 innings, 26 wickets @ 25.54 (5 times)
vs Len Hutton:
1 innings, 4/53 (got Len Hutton out for 2 runs. Sutcliffe played in this match as well)
vs George Headley:
7 innings, 18 wickets @ 28.33 (once)
vs Denis Compton:
15 innings, 42 wickets @ 13.76 (twice)
vs Stan McCabe:
4 innings; 0/70 & 5/42 in one match where Don didn't play (got McCabe out in the 2nd innings); and 0/63 & 1/111 in the two matches both Don and McCabe played.
vs Vijay Merchant:
3 innings; 0/14 in a FC match, 1/64 & 0/9 in a Test match (couldn't get him out). Merchant was in the Indian squad in an MCC vs Indians match, but was absent hurt (Bowes took 1/36 & 0/24 in that match, but it was excluded in this record)
vs Bruce Mitchell:
10 innings, 19 wickets @ 28.68 (twice)
vs Dudley Nourse:
6 innings, 14 wickets @ 24.57 (twice; Mitchell played in all of these matches)
Neither was fast but both hit the pitch hard. Higgs was a seam bowler suited to English conditions. He was a decent slip catcher and had a solid defensive technique for a tailender.
Bowes was a swing bowler. In his younger days he made use of his height by sometimes bowling short to a leg-side field. With poor eyesight he offered nothing with the bat or in the field. Yorkshire were happy with that, wanting him to concentrate fully on bowling. But it cost Bowes England caps at a time when selectors favoured those contributing in more than one area.
Yorkshire won eight county championship titles out of ten between 1931 and 1946. Bowes took 848 championship wickets in those seasons when Yorkshire won the title. That is more than any other Yorkshire bowler above medium pace, including Trueman (624), Hirst (734) and Haigh (740).
Bowes was a swing bowler. In his younger days he made use of his height by sometimes bowling short to a leg-side field. With poor eyesight he offered nothing with the bat or in the field. Yorkshire were happy with that, wanting him to concentrate fully on bowling. But it cost Bowes England caps at a time when selectors favoured those contributing in more than one area.
Yorkshire won eight county championship titles out of ten between 1931 and 1946. Bowes took 848 championship wickets in those seasons when Yorkshire won the title. That is more than any other Yorkshire bowler above medium pace, including Trueman (624), Hirst (734) and Haigh (740).