Famous Cricketers No 44 - Sir Alec V. Bedser, C.B.E.

16. Surrey v Derbyshire, Derby, July 3, 4, 5 (Derbyshire won by two wickets) § not out 5 204 31 3 108 3 D.Smith b 318 1 A.E.G.Rhodes b F.E.Marsh c G.S.Mobey lbw b A.E.G.Rhodes 10 236 22.1 2 65 5 A.F.Townsend c L.B.Fishlock 123-8 C.S.Elliott c E.A.Watts P.Vaulkhard b C.Gladwin c E.A.Bedser A.E.G.Rhodes c L.B.Fishlock 17. Surrey v Yorkshire, Headingley, July 6, 8, 9 (Yorkshire won by six wickets) § c J.V.Wilson b A.Coxon 21 167 29 7 75 4 W.Watson b 195 H.Beaumont b J.V.Wilson b T.F.Smailes b not out 2 191 19 2 54 2 N.W.D.Yardley c R.J.Gregory 167-4 1 J.V.Wilson b 18. England v The Rest, Canterbury, July 10, 11, 12 (England won by 18 runs) not out 0 321-7d 14 7 22 1 L.H.Gray st T.G.Evans 175 b T.P.B.Smith 0 179-9d 22.5 2 78 6 D.C.S.Compton c J.F.Crapp 307 W.Watson c sub T.P.B.Smith c C.Cook S.C.Griffith c N.W.D.Yardley L.H.Gray lbw C.J.Knott c T.G.Evans 19. ENGLAND v INDIA, Old Trafford, July 20, 22, 23 (Match drawn) lbw b L.Amarnath 8 294 26 9 41 4 R.S.Modi c J.T.Ikin 170 2 M.B.Amarnath b S.W.Sohoni c and b C.T.Sarwate c J.T.Ikin did not bat - 153-5d 25 4 52 7 A.H.Kardar c and b 152 1 M.H.Mankad c R.Pollard V.S.Hazare b R.S.Modi b Nawab of Pataudi, sen. b M.B.Amarnath b C.T.Sarwate c P.A.Gibb 20. Surrey v Glamorgan, Kennington Oval, July 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) b A.Porter 11 369-9d 25 2 77 1 W.E.Jones c E.A.Watts 283 did not bat - 203-5d 2 0 6 3 A.H.Dyson c E.A.Watts 12-4 D.E.Davies c G.S.Mobey M.Robinson b 21. Surrey v Yorkshire, Kennington Oval, July 27, 29, 30 (Yorkshire won by eight wickets) c N.W.D.Yardley b A.Booth 12 114 26 3 58 2 W.Watson lbw 197 A.B.Sellers c N.H.Bennett b E.P.Robinson 12 194 12 2 22 2 L.Hutton c E.A.Watts 113-2 N.W.D.Yardley b 22. Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Kennington Oval, August 3, 5, 6 (Surrey won by seven wickets) did not bat - 525-5d 20 2 62 1 T.B.Reddick lbw 297 did not bat - 43-3 24 1 76 1 G.F.H.Heane b 270 23. Surrey v Sussex, Hastings, August 7, 8, 9 (Surrey won by seven wickets) § c H.T.Bartlett b J.Langridge 8 379 21 4 50 0 149 lbw b P.A.D.Carey 20 49-3 21 2 57 1 J.Langridge lbw 276 24. Surrey v Middlesex, Kennington Oval, August 10, 12, 13 (Middlesex won by four wickets) § c J.P.Mann b J.A.Young 26 233 22 4 56 0 197 c J.P.Mann b J.A.Young 13 281 19 1 76 3 J.D.B.Robertson c E.A.Bedser 319-6 W.J.Edrich c sub R.W.V.Robins c G.S.Mobey 25. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, August 14, 15, 16 (Gloucestershire won by 55 runs) § b C.Cook 3 140 21 3 49 3 J.F.Crapp c N.H.Bennett 132 L.M.Cranfield c L.B.Fishlock G.E.E.Lambert b 10