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

did not bat - 177-2d 18 5 38 2 J.S.Pressdee c J.C.Laker 145 B.L.Muncer st A.J.W.McIntyre 270. Surrey v Sussex, Hove, August 29, 31, September 1 (Match drawn) § not out 0 220 35 16 45 4 G.H.G.Doggart c A.J.W.McIntyre 221-8d J.M.Parks b N.I.Thomson b A.E.James c G.A.R.Lock did not bat - 244-2 271. Surrey v Hampshire, Bournemouth, September 2, 3 (Surrey won by nine wickets) not out 2 151 7 4 6 0 82 did not bat - 59-1 9 4 9 0 127 272. Players v Gentlemen, Scarborough, September 5, 7, 8 (Gentlemen won by five wickets) did not bat - 532-5d 19 6 25 2 W.J.Edrich c W.Watson 447-8d D.J.Insole b did not bat - 165-6d 13 3 38 3 D.J.Insole st T.G.Evans 252-5 W.J.Edrich b P.B.H.May c T.G.Evans 273. T.N.Pearce’s XI v Australians, Scarborough, September 9, 10, 11 (Australians won by two wickets) c I.D.Craig b R.Benaud 40 320 22.5 6 66 4 R.Benaud c and b 317 1 A.K.Davidson c J.H.Wardle G.R.A.Langley b J.C.Hill c W.J.Edrich did not bat - 316-8d 26.5 3 86 5 R.Benaud c P.B.H.May 325-8 1 G.B.Hole c and b I.D.Craig c R.Tattersall A.L.Hassett c T.G.Evans G.R.A.Langley c J.H.Wardle SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 5 6 3 38 22 12.66 - - 1 Players v Gentlemen 2 2 0 12 9 6.00 - - 2 Championship 19 21 8 134 45 10.31 - - 16 Othr Surrey matches 3 4 2 26 21* 13.00 - - 2 Other matches 2 1 0 40 40 40.00 - - 2 Season 31 34 13 250 45 11.90 - - 23 Career 273 353 84 4322 126 16.07 1 12 195 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Test Matches 265.1 58 682 39 17.49 7-44 5 1 Players v Gentlemen 83.3 27 171 13 13.15 5-34 1 - Championship 721.5 215 1427 84 16.98 8-18 5 1 Other Surrey matches 109.5 26 222 14 15.85 4-14 - - Other matches 72.4 14 200 12 16.66 5-86 1 - Season (6 ball) 1253 340 2702 162 16.67 8-18 12 2 Career (6 ball) 9400 2375 } 24928 1196 20.84 8-18 68 12 (8 ball) 1235.7 215 1954 Bedser played in only two of the Test matches against Pakistan, taking 10 wickets at an average of 15.80. In another great year for Surrey, he took ten wickets against Hampshire at Guildford. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 274. Surrey v M.C.C., Lord’s, May (5), 6, 7 (Surrey won by four wickets) § did not bat - 130-4d 8 4 10 0 126 1 did not bat - 87-6 9 4 15 0 88 1 40