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

1946/47 - M.C.C. in New Zealand A successful short tour, although the only Test Match was ruined by rain. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 40. M.C.C. v Wellington, Wellington, March 10, 11, 12 (M.C.C. won by 214 runs) c and b R.McMurray 11 176 26.5 8 51 3 F.R.Crawford b 160 J.R.Capstick b R.McMurray b did not bat - 271-6d 12 4 21 4 E.W.T.Tindill lbw 73 1 J.A.Ongley b T.P.L.Reaney c C.Washbrook J.H.Oakley c T.G.Evans 41. M.C.C. v Otago, Dunedin, March 15, 17, 18 (Match drawn) not out 6 385-6d 30 5 76 3 A.W.Roberts c T.G.Evans 340 D.St.John b G.W.F.Overton c T.G.Evans b A.McDougall 25 216-9 14.4 1 39 2 D.St.John c R.Pollard 262-7d L.D.Smith c W.J.Edrich 42. ENGLAND v NEW ZEALAND, Christchurch, March 21, 22, (24), (25) (Match drawn) not out 8 265-7d 39 5 95 4 B.Sutcliffe c T.G.Evans 345-9d 1 W.M.Wallace c T.G.Evans D.D.Taylor lbw F.B.Smith b 43. M.C.C. v Auckland, Auckland, March 28, 29 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 65 runs) b C.A.Snedden 0 240 16 6 26 3 D.D.Taylor c N.W.D.Yardley 85 W.N.Snedden b A.V.Wiles c D.C.S.Compton 2 2 0 0 90 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 1 1 1 8 8* - - - 1 Other First Class 3 4 1 42 25 14.00 - - 1 Season 4 5 2 50 25 16.66 - - 2 Career 43 61 14 770 51 16.38 - 1 20 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Test Matches 39 5 95 4 23.75 4-95 - - Other matches 101.3 26 213 15 14.20 4-21 - - Season (6 ball) 140.3 31 308 19 16.21 4-21 - - Career (6 ball) 1170.4 233 } 4303 175 24.58 7-46 10 3 (8 ball) 410.3 60 1947 The slow Oval wicket caused an awful lot of work for Gover and Bedser. After his arduous tour of Australia, Bedser was not always at his best and suffered badly from dropped catches. However he did take 11 wickets in one match against Derbyshire at The Oval and late in the season scored his only first-class century against Somerset at Taunton. Surrey finished 6th in the Championship. He lost his England place after the first two Test matches against South Africa. 13