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

In New Zealand Auckland 18 8 26 3 8.66 3-26 - - Christchurch 80 15 178 5 35.60 4-95 - - Dunedin 44.4 6 115 5 23.00 3-76 - - Wellington 81.5 28 127 8 15.87 4-21 - - In Rhodesia Bulawayo 32 8 71 3 23.66 2-50 - - Salisbury † 28 14 36 7 5.14 6-17 1 - Salisbury (Police ‘A’) 22.2 5 49 1 49.00 1-39 - - In South Africa Bloemfontein † 42 10 103 1 103.00 1-33 - - Cape Town † 98 10 341 9 37.88 4-30 - - Durban † 85.5 21 210 9 23.33 4-39 - - Johannesburg † 130 23 365 9 40.55 3-67 - - (Ellis Park) Pietermaritzburg † 37.4 7 114 5 22.80 4-70 - - Port Elizabeth † 54 12 104 5 20.80 4-61 - - Total - Overseas 327.5 80 } 4986 175 28.49 6-17 5 1 (8b) 1424.6 246 TOTAL (6b) 15748.1 4162 } 39279 1924 20.41 8-18 96 16 (8b) 1442.6 248 † are 8-ball overs Test Match Dismissals The breakdown of dismissals by Bedser in Test matches is :- Bowled 69 L.B.W. 28 Caught and Bowled 6 Caught 130 Stumped 3 The following batsmen were dismissed by Bedser on more than 5 occasions :- A.R.Morris (Australia) 18 R.N.Harvey (Australia) 12 R.R.Lindwall (Australia) 10 A.L.Hassett (Australia) 9 D.G.Bradman (Australia) 6 (three times c L.Hutton) J.E.Cheetham (South Africa) 6 G.B.Hole (Australia) 6 B.Mitchell (South Africa) 6 I.W.Johnson (Australia) 5 W.A.Johnston (Australia) 5 A.M.B.Rowan (South Africa) 5 The prominent fielders who assisted in the 130 catches were :- T.G.Evans 24 L.Hutton 16 J.T.Ikin 12 D.C.S.Compton 11 T.E.Bailey 6 F.R.Brown 5 W.J.Edrich 5 There were 3 stumpings in Test matches, two by T.G.Evans and one by P.A.Gibb. 72