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 Championship 22 29 11 129 23 7.17 - - 13 Other Surrey matches 5 6 2 34 19 11.33 - - 2 Season 27 35 13 163 23 7.41 - - 15 Career 371 465 129 4997 126 14.87 1 13 236 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Championship 711.5 192 1562 83 18.81 7-28 4 1 Other Surrey matches 189 58 388 13 29.84 4-71 - - Season (6 ball) 900.5 250 1950 96 20.31 7-28 4 1 Career (6 ball) 12405.3 3220 } 32117 1581 20.31 8-18 84 14 (8 ball) 1442.6 248 1956/57 - C.G.Howard’s XI in India This short tour was arranged to celebrate the Bengal Silver Jubilee and the party of twelve players was manged by C.G.Howard, the Lancashire secretary. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 372. C.G.Howard’s XI v Bengal Chief Minister’s XI, Calcutta, December 30, 31, January 1, 2 (Bengal Chief Minister’s XI won by 142 runs) b Ghulam Ahmed 0 227-9d 4 1 8 0 149 c P.Sen b S.P.Gupte 10 158 27 6 66 2 N.J.Contractor c W.J.Edrich 378-8d C.S.Gopinath b 373. C.G.Howard’s XI v Cricket Club of India President’s XI, Bombay, January 5, 6, 7, 8 (C.G.Howard’s XI won by 152 runs) not out 0 319 7 0 22 0 171 did not bat - 313-7d 11 3 23 0 309 2 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Other matches 2 3 1 10 10 5.00 - - 2 Career 373 468 130 5007 126 14.81 1 13 238 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Other matches (6 ball) 49 10 119 2 59.50 2-66 - - Career (6 ball) 12454.3 3230 } 32236 1583 20.36 8-18 84 14 (8 ball) 1442.6 248 1957 On the retirement of Stuart Surridge, P.B.H.May was appointed captain of Surrey, but as he was also the England captain asked that Alec Bedser should be appointed as Surrey vice-captain. Bedser captained Surrey 12 times during the season, including the match against Northamptonshire at The Oval when he took 10 wickets in the game. He also took over 100 Championship wickets in the season as Surrey finished top again. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 374. Surrey v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, April 27, 29 (Surrey won by ten wickets) Captain § not out 0 240 10 5 10 3 R.W.Barber c M.J.Stewart 140 D.J.Green c G.A.R.Lock E.R.Dexter c D.G.W.Fletcher did not bat - 7-0 11 6 17 1 R.W.Barber c G.A.R.Lock 104 1 51