Bob Appleyard England (Eng)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Off-break (OB); Right-arm fast-medium (RFM)
	Tests	First-class
Matches	9	152
Runs scored	51	776
Batting average	17.00	8.52
100s/50s	0/0	0/1
Top score	19 not out	63 not out
Balls bowled	1,596	29,980
Wickets	31	708
Bowling average	17.87	15.48
5 wickets in innings	1	57
10 wickets in match	0	17
Best bowling	5/51	8/76
Catches/stumpings	4/0	80/0
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Bob Appleyard (Robert Appleyard; born June 27, 1924, Wibsey, Bradford, Yorkshire, England) was one of the best English bowlers of the 1950s, a decade which saw England develop its strongest bowling attack of the twentieth century. Able to bowl fast-medium swingers or seamer and off-spinners with almost exactly the same action, Appleyard was a tragic figure whose career was almost destroyed by injury and illness after an amazing first full season in 1951. June 27 is the 178th day of the year (179th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 187 days remaining. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 2004 Boundaries of Wibsey Ward Wibsey (population 14,530 - 2001 UK census) is a Ward in Bradford Metropolitian District in the county of West Yorkshire, England, named after Wibsey village which makes up the main part of the ward. ... Location within the British Isles This article discusses the city Bradford, in West Yorkshire, England. ... The White Yorkshire rose. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: England Inter. ... Darren Gough bowling A bowler in the sport of cricket is usually a player whose speciality is bowling. ... // Events and trends The 1950s in Western society was marked with a sharp rise in the economy for the first time in almost 30 years and return to the 1920s-type consumer society built on credit and boom-times, as well as the the baby boom from returning GIs who...

After pronounced success in local cricket within Yorkshire, Bob Appleyard was engaged by the county in 1950 at the age of 26 and played three games for the county, but taking only six wickets in two County Championship games against Surrey and Gloucestershire. The County Championship is the domestic first class cricket competition in the United Kingdom, mainly in England. ...

With Alec Coxon departing for league cricket and Brian Close on military service, it was thought that Yorkshire would have an ordinary season in 1951, yet Appleyard's amazing bowling, which saw him take the first 200 wicket aggregate for four years, ensured they remained near the top of the table all by himself. A big man at about 188 centimetres (6 feet one and half inches) and 97 kilograms (over 15 stone), Appleyard was able to bowl both as a paceman and as a spinner with no apparent changes of action, so that he could go through an innings with little rest and possess sting under all conditions of weather and wicket. He was an automatic choice as a Wisden Cricketer of the Year but did not gain representative honours - though these were expected. Alexander (Alec) Coxon (born 18 January 1916 in Huddersfield, Yorkshire) is a former cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. ... Brian Close - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... A stone is a unit of mass in the Imperial system of weights and measures formerly used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and most Commonwealth countries. ... The Wisden Cricketers of the Year award is made annually in the pages of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack yearbook. ...

However, after one match in 1952 a chronic illness kept Appleyard off the field for the rest of that year and all of 1953. Even at the beginning of 1954, Appleyard was not expected to play again, but a surprising recovery saw him second in the averages after Brian Statham and bowling with superb skill on a perfect pitch at Trent Bridge in his first Test. In the words of Wisden: "His mixture of in-swingers, off-spinners and leg-cutters; his variations of flight and pace, bore the make of a highly-skilled craftsman". As a consequence Appleyard was chosen for the Ashes tour under Len Hutton. He again bowled with superb skill on unusually erratic Australian wickets, most notably in extreme heat at Adelaide in the Fourth Test which clinched the Ashes. After this, Appleyard played the leading role the dismissal of New Zealand at Wellington in March for the lowest score in the long history of Test cricket. On a rain-affected pitch he took 4 for 7 as New Zealand were put out for 26. (John) Brian Statham (born June 17, 1930, Manchester; died June 10, 2000, Stockport, Cheshire) was one of the finest bowlers in the history of cricket. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. ... Wisden Cricketers Almanack is by far the best known reference book concerned with the sport of cricket and probably the most famous reference book about any sport published in the United Kingdom. ... The Ashes is a regular international cricket contest between England and Australia, played every two years, so named after the trophy, which is a small wooden urn, said to contain the burnt bails from an 1882 game between the countries at The Oval. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Wellington (Te Whanganui-a-Tara or Poneke) is the capital city of New Zealand, the countrys second-largest urban area and the most populous national capital city in Oceania. ...

In 1955, now almost exclusively bowling spinners, Appleyard was almost unplayable on the wet wickets early in the summer, but unfortunately a knee injury wiped out almost all his cricket after the middle of June. However, he recovered his form well enough in 1956 to regain his Test place for the first match as Trent Bridge but did not bowl nearly well enough to challenge Jim Laker for the rest of the summer. Indeed, in a summer when the vast majority of pitches favoured spin, Appleyard's average was not exceptional. Then, 1957 saw Appleyard decline so badly that Yorkshire often left him out of their team: he seemed unable to show his old versatility when asked to open again with Trueman and was not gaining as much penetration on rain-affected surfaces. In fact, Appleyard declined so badly in 1958 that Yorkshire dropped him for good after early June and he never did well enough for the second eleven for them to consider retaining him, giving a sad end to a short but still brilliant career. For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... James Charles (Jim) Laker (February 9, 1922, Frizinghall, near Bradford, Yorkshire–April 23, 1986, Putney, London) was a cricketer who played for England in the 1950s. ... Frederick Sewards Trueman (born February 6, 1931 in Stainton, Yorkshire) was an English cricketer, regarded as one of the greatest fast bowlers in history. ...

Trivia

• With the death of Alf Gover in 2001, Appleyard became the sole survivor among the 28 bowlers who have taken 200 wickets or more in an English cricket season (the last case was Tony Lock in 1957).

Graham Anthony Richard Lock (5 July 1929 - 29 March 1995) was an English cricketer who played primarily as a left-arm spinner. ...

External links

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• First-Class bowling