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

Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Test Matches 181 49 377 11 34.27 5-127 1 - Players v Gentlemen 35 2 118 2 59.00 2-77 - - Championship 832.5 238 1873 90 20.81 8-53 5 1 Other Surrey matches 154.5 39 342 16 21.37 3-21 - - Other matches 39 13 87 3 29.00 2-22 - - Season (6 ball) 1242.4 341 2797 122 22.92 8-53 6 1 Career (6 ball) 5777.2 1375 } 16524 697 23.70 8-42 34 6 (8 ball) 885.4 157 1950/51 - M.C.C. in Australia This was the most successful season that Bedser enjoyed overseas culminating in his performance in the final Test at Melbourne where he took five wickets in each innings. Bedser must have been astonished to find that conditions in three of the Test matches helped his swing so much more than in 1946/47 and with this encouragement throughout the rubber he kept an almost irreproachable attacking length and direction. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 172. M.C.C. v Western Australia, Perth, October 20, 21, 23, 24 (Match drawn) c C.W.Puckett b R.R.Frankish 42 434-9d 21 3 62 2 D.K.Carmody lbw 236 2 R.R.Frankish b did not bat - 121-3d 0 207-4 173. M.C.C. v New South Wales, Sydney, November 10, 11, 13, 14 (Match drawn) lbw b F.B.Johnston 2 339 24 2 127 1 J.R.Moroney c A.J.W.McIntyre 509-3d did not bat - 143-2 8 2 25 0 140-2d 174. M.C.C. v Queensland, Brisbane, November 24, (25), 27, 28 (Match drawn) b L.J.Johnson 0 291 23 6 40 3 K.A.Archer lbw 305 K.D.Mackay c F.R.Brown D.Tallon c C.Washbrook 1 0 5 0 5-1 175. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Brisbane, December 1, (2), 4, 5 (Australia won by 70 runs) did not bat - 68-7 16.5 4 45 4 A.R.Morris lbw 228 1 R.N.Harvey c T.G.Evans A.L.Hassett b W.A.Johnston c L.Hutton c R N Harvey b J.B.Iverson 0 122 6.5 2 9 3 A.R.Morris c T.E.Bailey 32-7d R.N.Harvey c R.T.Simpson S.J.E.Loxton c T.E.Bailey 176. M.C.C. v An Australian XI, Sydney, December 15, 16, 18, 19 (Match drawn) c A.K.Walker b K.R.Miller 7 321 26 5 97 0 526-9d did not bat - 173-3 177. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, December 22, 23, 26, 27 (Australia won by 28 runs) not out 4 197 19 3 37 4 A.R.Morris c L.Hutton 194 1 R.N.Harvey c T.G.Evans I.W.Johnson c W.G.A.Parkhouse W.A.Johnston c L.Hutton not out 14 150 16.3 2 43 2 K.A.Archer c T.E.Bailey 181 I.W.Johnson c D.B.Close 178. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, January 5, 6, 8, 9 (Australia won by an innings and 13 runs) b R.R.Lindwall 3 290 43 4 107 4 K.A.Archer c T.G.Evans 426 2 A.R.Morris b R.N.Harvey b D.Tallon lbw b J.B.Iverson 4 123 28