Bruce Yardly Dies

[JBMAC]

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[JBMAC]

sorry about the spelling finger probs

 

[GoodAreasShane]

Rest in Peace, was a valuable player for Australia in his day, and from all I've heard a top notch bloke too. Had a very distinctive action, likely because he started out as a seamer and and didn't take up offspin full time until relatively late

 

[ankitj]

RIP.

Thing I remember about Yardley is that my dad said he was the best Australia had before they got Warne. I don't know if that was true but that's what I associate with Yardley's name.

 

[aussie tragic]

RIP. First Australian spinner I ever saw. Then Ashley Mallett came back in after WSC, but wasn't long before Yardley was selected again.

Border, Hughes, Hogg and Yardley were the only 'traditional' players to really matter post WSC

 

[Burgey]

Very sad news. RIP.

He holds a special place for me, as he was the bowler when Dyson took that famous catch in front of the Hill at the SCG - I was there that day, and lost in all the Dyson hype was a screamer which Yardley himself took later that afternoon in the gully, which was an absolute ball tearer itself.

Vale the Roo.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Sad news. I don't remember him from my childhood (first Aussie spinners I remember are Bob Holland and Greg Matthews), but I came across the name in cricket books I read as a kid and then later when he coached Sri Lanka. Sounds like a good player and bloke.

 

[YorksLanka]

RIP..remember him being coach of SL for a while..

 

[the big bambino]

Before there was Colin MIller there was Bruce Yardley. An effective journeyman and about the only spinner Greg Chappell trusted. Remember him as always giving much more than his talent suggested he could and, apart from his bowling, his aggressive batting. Particularly a back away cut shot he'd play off his stumps and through point.

 

[Stefan9]

Rip

 

[quincywagstaff]

Remember him commentating on Oz's tour of SL in 2004; his delight when Muralitharan somehow slogged a 40 when neither side scored a run in their 1st innings being memorable.

Apparently there were lingering doubts over his action in England which is why he always seemed to be overlooked when Oz toured England in the early 80s.

 

[Andy1993]

Rip

 

[aussie tragic]

Had the fastest ever 50 for Australia (off 29 balls) until Warner broke the record 40 years later...not bad for a #8

 

[Burgey]

Before there was Colin MIller there was Bruce Yardley. An effective journeyman and about the only spinner Greg Chappell trusted. Remember him as always giving much more than his talent suggested he could and, apart from his bowling, his aggressive batting. Particularly a back away cut shot he'd play off his stumps and through point.

Oh yeah, I remember in one of his innings the opposition had two fly slips, a third man and a backward point about half way to the boundary.

 

[a massive zebra]

Rest in peace, Bruce Yardley.

 

[AndrewB]

RIP. First Australian spinner I ever saw. Then Ashley Mallett came back in after WSC, but wasn't long before Yardley was selected again.

Border, Hughes, Hogg and Yardley were the only 'traditional' players to really matter post WSC

Yallop? Averaged 43, with 4 hundreds. (Wood and Dyson played more Tests than some of the others, but without great success).

 

[Zinzan]

RIP. Played in the first ever cricket series I witnessed as a young whipper-snapper in 1982.

 

[SFB]

RIP

Was only watching some footage of him bowling to Joel Garner after reading about him and Bob Appleyard a day or two before he passed.

The middle finer off spinner grip seems to generate a great amount of spin although its bloody uncomfortable when gripping the ball.