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

did not bat - 96-2 13 6 15 2 R.T.Simpson c K.F.Barrington 106 N.W.Hill c A.J.W.McIntyre 418. Surrey v Leicestershire, Leicester, August 6, 7, 8 (Match drawn) not out 3 404-8d 20.4 8 31 2 M.R.Hallam b 173 B.S.Boshier b 15 7 30 0 177-2 419. Surrey v Middlesex, Kennington Oval, August 9, 11 (Surrey won by seven wickets) lbw b J.J.Warr 15 168 16 3 31 1 W.E.Russell c G.A.R.Lock 122 did not bat - 88-3 8 5 5 1 P.H.Parfitt b 131 420. Surrey v Middlesex, Lord’s, August 16, 18, 19 (Surrey won by six wickets) b A.E.Moss 0 176 22 6 50 1 D.C.S.Compton c A.J.W.McIntyre 197 did not bat - 111-4 9 3 17 1 D.C.S.Compton c A.J.W.McIntyre 89 421. Surrey v Northamptonshire, Northampton, August 20, 21, 22 (Match drawn) Captain § did not bat - 130-3d 18 5 23 2 A.P.Arnold c A.J.W.McIntyre119 B.L.Reynolds c K.F.Barrington 9 4 16 1 B.L.Reynolds c D.Gibson 38-3 422. Surrey v Worcestershire, Worcester, August 23, 25, 26 (Surrey won by nine wickets) Captain § not out 8 270-9d 17.2 8 25 6 L.Outschoorn b 82 M.J.Horton c M.J.Stewart R.Booth c K.F.Barrington D.B.Pearson b K.J.Aldridge lbw J.A.Flavell b did not bat - 51-1 25 10 59 0 235 423. Surrey v Sussex, Hove, August 30, September 1 (Surrey won by 17 runs) § b A.E.James 0 83 15 11 7 2 A.E.James c K.F.Barrington 85 D.V.Smith b c A.S.M.Oakman b R.G.Marlar 13 89 12 5 15 4 A.S.M.Oakman c A.J.W.McIntyre 70 K.G.Suttle lbw G.H.G.Doggart lbw Nawab of Pataudi, jun. c M.J.Stewart 424. Surrey v Worcestershire, Kennington Oval, September 3, 4, 5 (Worcestershire won by 117 runs) Captain § did not bat - 110-2d 22 7 55 2 P.E.Richardson c K.F.Barrington 230 D.J.Kenyon c G.A.R.Lock c K.J.Aldridge b M.J.Horton 1 57 3 0 12 0 54-5d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 14 16 9 97 31* 13.86 - - 5 Other Surrey matches 3 3 0 15 15 5.00 - - - Season 17 19 9 112 31* 11.20 - - 5 Career 424 511 152 5249 126 14.62 1 13 253 Bowling O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm Championship 405 145 750 40 18.75 7-53 2 - Other Surrey matches 52 24 66 8 8.25 3-9 - - Season (6 ball) 457 169 816 48 17.00 7-53 2 - Career (6 ball) 13944.1 3663 } 35222 1762 19.98 8-18 90 15 (8 ball) 1442.6 248 1959 The Surrey side was depleted in 1959 when their captain, P.B.H.May, was taken ill and only played in seven matches, leaving Bedser to captain the side for most of the season, when the side finished in 56