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

First-Class Career Season by Season (Batting and Fielding) Season M I NO R HS Ave 100 50 Ct 1939 2 2 1 12 12* 12.00 - - 2 1946 26 37 8 494 38 15.12 - - 10 1946/47 Australia 11 17 3 214 51 15.29 - 1 6 1946/47 New Zealand 4 5 2 50 25 16.66 - - 2 1947 30 41 12 727 126 25.07 1 2 32 1948 27 38 6 493 79 15.41 - 2 15 1948/49 South Africa 14 17 3 271 77* 19.36 - 1 8 1949 26 34 8 468 53 18.00 - 1 30 1950 31 47 5 503 66 11.98 - 3 26 1950/51 Australia 11 14 3 131 42 11.91 - - 9 1950/51 New Zealand 2 2 0 33 28 16.50 - - 1 1951 27 33 10 403 73 17.52 - 1 15 1952 31 32 10 273 87* 12.41 - 1 16 1953 31 34 13 250 45 11.90 - - 23 1954 30 26 7 262 58 13.79 - 1 10 1954/55 Australia 7 11 2 85 30 9.44 - - 3 1955 34 40 23 165 43* 9.71 - - 13 1956 27 35 13 163 23 7.41 - - 15 1956/57 India 2 3 1 10 10 5.00 - - 2 1957 34 24 13 130 17* 11.82 - - 10 1958 17 19 9 112 31* 11.20 - - 5 1959 30 33 15 259 31 16.19 - - 19 1959/60 Rhodesia 2 4 2 57 42* 28.50 - - 1 1960 29 28 12 170 25 10.62 - - 16 Total 485 576 181 5735 126 14.51 1 13 289 First-Class Career Season by Season (Bowling) Season O M R W Ave BB 5wi 10wm SR RC 1939 (8 ball) 18 2 59 0 - - - - - 54.63 1946 1030.1 202 2577 128 20.13 7-46 10 3 48.28 41.69 1946/47 A (8 ball) 392.3 58 1359 28 48.53 3-40 - - 112.10 43.29 1946/47 NZ 140.3 31 308 19 16.21 4-21 - - 44.36 36.53 1947 1220.4 268 3175 130 24.42 6-53 6 1 56.33 43.35 1948 1138 282 2632 115 22.88 6-44 6 1 59.37 38.54 1948/49 SA (8 b) 475.1 97 1273 45 28.28 6-17 1 - 84.46 33.49 1949 1005.2 251 2344 110 21.30 8-42 5 - 54.83 38.85 1950 1242.4 341 2797 122 22.92 8-53 6 1 61.11 37.51 1950/51 A (8 ball) 350.3 58 1010 51 19.80 5-46 3 1 54.96 36.03 1950/51 NZ 84 26 138 2 69.00 1-34 - - 252.00 27.38 1951 1100 338 2024 130 15.56 7-58 9 2 50.76 30.66 1952 1185.4 296 2530 154 16.42 8-18 10 1 46.19 35.56 1953 1253 340 2702 162 16.67 8-18 12 2 46.40 35.94 1954 958.1 300 1828 121 15.10 7-38 5 1 47.51 31.79 1954/55 A (8 ball) 206.7 33 659 24 27.45 5-57 1 - 68.95 39.81 1955 1146.3 295 2752 144 19.11 6-36 6 - 47.71 40.00 1956 900.5 250 1950 96 20.31 7-28 4 1 56.30 36.07 1956/57 India 49 10 119 2 59.50 2-66 - - 147.00 40.47 1957 1032.4 264 2170 131 16.56 6-49 4 1 47.29 35.02 1958 457 169 816 48 17.00 7-53 2 - 57.12 29.75 1959 963 256 2208 91 24.26 5-29 3 - 63.49 38.21 1959/60 Rhod 54.2 13 120 4 30.00 2-50 - - 81.50 36.81 1960 786.4 230 1729 67 25.80 6-27 3 1 70.44 36.63 Total (6 ball) 15748.1 4162 } 39279 1924 20.41 8-18 96 16 49.16 41.52 (8 ball) 1442.6 248 63