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

Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Test Matches 112 24 233 4 58.25 3-106 - - Players v Gentlemen 39 10 94 4 23.50 2-47 - - Championship 878.3 190 2364 97 24.37 6-66 4 1 Other Surrey matches 126.1 30 296 19 15.57 6-53 2 - Other matches 65 14 188 6 31.33 3-80 - - Season (6 ball) 1220.4 268 3175 130 24.42 6-53 6 1 Career (6 ball) 2391.2 501 } 7478 305 24.51 7-46 16 4 (8 ball) 410.3 60 1948 This was the summer that one of the great Australian sides visited the United Kingdom and Bedser played in all the Test matches with limited success. However, he played his highest Test innings, 79, when he came in as night watchman at Headingley in the Fourth Test match. At Kennington Oval, the wicket was very unresponsive and Bedser resorted to a negative policy by attacking the leg stump. He had one ten wicket haul against Derbyshire at Chesterfield in a season when Surrey finished second in the Championship. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 74. Surrey v M.C.C., Lord’s, May 5, 6, 7 (M.C.C. won by 94 runs) b D.C.S.Compton 14 278 24.2 10 34 2 F.G.Mann lbw 225 A.Jepson c E.R.T.Holmes c F.G.Mann b D.C.S.Compton 15 236 26 5 65 5 J.D.B.Robertson b 383 1 S.M.Brown c A.J.W.McIntyre F.G.Mann b H.G.Davies c H.S.Squires A.W.H.Mallett b 75. Surrey v Australians, Kennington Oval, May 8, 10, 11 (Australians won by an innings and 296 runs) c A.R.Morris b D.T.Ring 2 141 40 9 104 4 D.G.Bradman b 632 A.L.Hassett b I.W.Johnson c L.B.Fishlock R.R.Lindwall b c I.W.Johnson b W.A.Johnston 20 195 76. Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 15, 17, 18 (Nottinghamshire won by four wickets) not out 19 419 18.5 2 52 1 H.J.Butler b 420-9d 2 b H.J.Butler 0 266-8d 8 0 41 0 266-6 77. Surrey v Leicestershire, Leicester, May 19, 20, 21 (Surrey won by five wickets) § did not bat - 499-6d 20 3 52 3 G.Lester b 283 A.Riddington c A.J.W.McIntyre F.T.Prentice c E.A.Watts did not bat - 100-5 31.3 7 74 2 G.S.Watson c J.W.J.McMahon 315 P.Corrall b 78. Surrey v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 22, 24, 25 (Worcestershire won by eight wickets) § c H.Yarnold b R.T.D.Perks 6 188 39 9 77 3 N.H.Whiting b 353-9d 1 L.Outschoorn c A.J.W.McIntyre A.F.T.White c A.J.W.McIntyre b R.Howorth 20 244 13 2 32 1 N.H.Whiting lbw 80-2 79. Surrey v Sussex, Kennington Oval, May (26), 27, 28 (Match drawn) § c J.G.Langridge b P.A.D.Carey 7 346 29.2 8 44 6 J.G.Langridge c and b 268 1 H.W.Parks lbw P.A.D.Carey c J.C.Laker G.Cox b C.Oakes c J.F.Parker J.Y.Oakes c E.A.Bedser did not bat - 9-0 80. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Kennington Oval, May (29), (31), June 1 (Surrey won by 2 runs) § b C.Cook 1 133 19 9 24 1 C.J.Barnett c J.F.Parker 131 1 17