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

342. Players v Gentlemen, Scarborough, September 3, 5, 6 (Players won by two wickets) Captain § not out 43 276 16 4 39 2 R.T.Simpson c T.W.Graveney 331 W.J.Edrich c F.S.Trueman not out 19 217-8 6 1 17 0 159-6d 1 343. T.N.Pearce’s XI v South Africans, Scarborough, September 7, 8, 9 (South Africans won by four wickets) lbw b T.L.Goddard 0 236 20 4 79 1 T.L.Goddard lbw 354 not out 2 328-9d 6 0 27 0 211-6 344. Surrey v The Rest, Kennington Oval, September 10, 12, 13, 14 (Rest won by two wickets) § not out 0 165 28 5 71 3 D.J.Insole c K.F.Barrington 299 T.E.Bailey c A.J.W.McIntyre D.Shackleton b b R.G.Marlar 0 297 10 1 41 1 D.Kenyon c K.F.Barrington 164-8 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 1 2 0 4 3 2.00 - - - Players v Gentlemen 2 4 2 64 43* 32.00 - - 2 Championship 26 26 17 92 19* 10.22 - - 8 Other Surrey matches 4 6 3 3 2 1.00 - - 3 Other matches 1 2 1 2 2* 2.00 - - - Season 34 40 23 165 43* 9.71 - - 13 Career 344 430 116 4834 126 15.39 1 13 221 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Test Matches 41 3 153 4 38.25 2-61 - - Players v Gentlemen 68.4 12 186 8 23.25 3-44 - - Championship 882 246 1980 117 16.92 6-36 6 - Other Surrey matches 128.5 30 327 14 23.35 3-48 - - Other matches 26 4 106 1 106.00 1-79 - - Season (6 ball) 1146.3 295 2752 144 19.11 6-36 6 - Career (6 ball) 11504.4 2970 } 30167 1485 20.31 8-18 80 13 (8 ball) 1442.6 248 1956 From this point on in his career, Bedser played only for Surrey, except for the two invitation matches in 1956/57, and contributed with his usual skill to the Surrey Championship victory in the last season when captained by Stuart Surridge. At Cardiff in May, he took 14 wickets in the match. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 345. Surrey v M.C.C., Lord’s, May 2, 3, 4 (M.C.C. won by 55 runs) § lbw b C.T.Spencer 19 235 9 2 21 0 142 1 c G.Barker b F.J.Titmus 1 118 37 10 78 3 C.A.Milton b 266 W.Watson b D.J.Insole b 346. Surrey v Derbyshire, Kennington Oval, May 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) § lbw b H.L.Jackson 1 215 22.2 4 58 4 J.M.Kelly c G.A.R.Lock 164 1 D.B.Carr c G.A.R.Lock H.J.Rhodes b H.L.Jackson c and b not out 13 180 23 3 60 1 A.Hamer c P.B.H.May 223-9 347. Surrey v Northamptonshire, Kennington Oval, May 9, 10, 11 (Northamptonshire won by seven wickets) § not out 7 240 25 3 73 2 L.Livingston c J.C.Laker 309 G.E.Tribe c J.C.Laker c B.L.Reynolds b J.S.Manning 0 204 5 0 34 0 136-3 48