1935 English cricket season
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The 1935 English cricket season saw England beaten by South Africa who won the Test series 1-0 with four matches drawn.
topped the averages with 2616 runs @ 49.35, a low average for the leading batsman.
was the leading bowler with an average of 14.36 and 211 wickets.
Honours
- County Championship - Yorkshire
- Minor Counties Championship - Middlesex II
- Wisden - Jock CameronJock CameronJock Cameron was a South African cricketer of the 1920s and 1930s...
, Errol HolmesErrol HolmesErrol Reginald Thorold Holmes, born at Calcutta on 21 August 1905 and died in London on 16 August 1960, was a cricketer who played for Oxford University, Surrey and England....
, Bruce MitchellBruce Mitchell (cricketer)Bruce Mitchell was a South African cricketer who played in 42 Tests from 1929 to 1949. He was a right-handed opening batsman and played in every Test South Africa played in that period.By the end of his career he had 3471 Test runs to his name which at the time was a national record...
, Denis SmithDenis Smith (cricketer)Denis Smith was a cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1927 and 1952 and in two Test matchs for England in 1935. He scored over 21,000 runs in first class cricket.Smith was born in Somercotes, Derbyshire...
, Arthur WellardArthur WellardArthur William Wellard was a cricketer who played for Somerset and England. A late starter in county cricket, having been told by his native county, Kent, that he would be better off taking up a career as a policeman, Wellard played on into his late 40s...
Leading batsmen
Wally HammondWally Hammond
Walter Reginald "Wally" Hammond was an English Test cricketer who played for Gloucestershire in a career that lasted from 1920 to 1951. Beginning his career as a professional, he later became an amateur and was appointed captain of England...
topped the averages with 2616 runs @ 49.35, a low average for the leading batsman.
Leading bowlers
Hedley VerityHedley Verity
Hedley Verity was a professional cricketer who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire and England between 1930 and 1939. A slow left arm orthodox bowler, he took 1,956 wickets in first-class cricket at an average of 14.90 and in 40 Tests he took 144 wickets at an average of 24.37...
was the leading bowler with an average of 14.36 and 211 wickets.
External sources
Annual reviews
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1936