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

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 5 9 1 176 79 22.00 - 1 1 Players v Gentlemen 1 1 0 0 0 0 - - - Championship 16 21 4 232 63 13.65 - 1 12 Other Surrey matches 2 4 0 51 20 12.75 - - 1 Other matches 3 3 1 34 23 17.00 - - 1 Season 27 38 6 493 79 15.41 - 2 15 Career 100 140 32 1990 126 18.43 1 5 67 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Test Matches 274.3 75 688 18 38.22 4-81 - - Players v Gentlemen 36 6 89 4 22.25 4-69 - - Championship 642.2 161 1411 72 19.59 6-44 5 1 Other Surrey matches 90.2 24 203 11 18.45 5-65 1 - Other matches 94.5 16 241 10 24.10 4-50 - - Season (6 ball) 1138 282 2632 115 22.88 6-44 6 1 Career (6 ball) 3529.2 783 } 10110 420 24.07 7-46 22 5 (8 ball) 410.3 60 1948/49 - M.C.C. in South Africa This was a successful tour for the M.C.C. side and England were indebted to Bedser in the Test matches as all but five of his wickets were the five batsmen in the top order. The majority of the chances missed in the slips were off his bowling which must have been most galling and certainly the tour analysis gives no indication of his worth. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 101. M.C.C. v Western Province, Cape Town, October 29, 30, November 1 (M.C.C. won by nine wickets) did not bat - 357-5d 22 1 96 2 W.D.Wilson c D.C.S.Compton 386-4d J.O.Newton-Thompson c D.C.S.Compton did not bat - 118-1 7 0 30 4 O.E.Wynne b 88-4d W.D.Wilson lbw J.O.Newton-Thompson b H.G.O.Owen-Smith b 102. M.C.C. v Cape Province, Cape Town, November 6, 8, 9 (M.C.C. won by ten wickets) c R.G.Phillips b M.Hanley 33 456 11 2 27 1 R.G.Phillips c S.C.Griffith 225 1 did not bat - 93-0 17 2 56 2 J.O.Newton-Thompson lbw 323 L.E.McNamara c D.C.S.Compton 103. M.C.C. v Orange Free State, Bloemfontein, November 19, 20, 22 (M.C.C. won by nine wickets) not out 77 449-7d 17 6 33 1 I.E.F.Kirby lbw 251 1 did not bat - 41-1 25 4 70 0 238 104. M.C.C. v Natal, Durban, November 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) c A.Tayfield b V.I.Smith 2 391-9d 26 6 68 2 M.H.Lang b 373 A.D.Nourse lbw not out 0 129-6 105. M.C.C. v Transvaal, Ellis Park, Johannesburg, December 10, 11, 13 (Match drawn) c and b A.M.B.Rowan 32 513-7d 21 2 70 1 E.A.B.Rowan c T.G.Evans 560 106. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Durban, December 16, 17, 18, 20 (England won by two wickets) c L.Tuckett b N.B.F.Mann 11 253 13.5 2 39 4 O.E.Wynne c D.C.S.Compton161 B.Mitchell c T.G.Evans D.W.Begbie c D.C.S.Compton C.N.McCarthy b not out 1 128-8 18 5 51 2 A.D.Nourse c and b 219 1 D.W.Begbie c F.G.Mann 20