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

Dismissals in First-Class Cricket The breakdown of the 1924 dismissals made by Bedser in first-class cricket is :- Bowled 526 Hit Wicket 2 Lbw 176 Caught and bowled 52 Caught 1125 Stumped 43 The following batsmen were dismissed by Bedser on more than 10 occassions :- A.R.Morris 22 D.C.S.Compton 13 S.M.Brown 10 R.T.Simpson 19 F.W.Stocks 12 J.R.Gray 10 D.J.Insole 17 D.Brookes 11 M.R.Hallam 10 T.C.Dodds 16 A.L.Hassett 11 L.Harrison 10 W.J.Edrich 14 R.R.Lindwall 11 M.F.Tremlett 10 R.N.Harvey 14 C.H.Palmer 11 C.Washbrook 10 J.D.B.Robertson 14 The prominent fielders who assisted in the 1125 catches were :- A.J.W.McIntyre 143 E.A.Bedser 33 G.S.Mobey 16 G.A.R.Lock 108 P.B.H.May 31 W.J.Edrich 15 W.S.Surridge 69 R.Swetman 24 J.T.Ikin 15 J.C.Laker 61 L.Hutton 22 G.N.G.Kirby 13 J.F.Parker 55 D.C.S.Compton 20 E.A.Watts 13 T.G.Evans 51 B.Constable 20 R.E.C.Pratt 11 M.J.Stewart 49 L.B.Fishlock 19 A.R.Gover 10 K.F.Barrington 42 T.H.Clark 17 J.W.J.McMahon 10 D.G.W.Fletcher 39 M.R.Barton 16 N.W.D.Yardley 10 Out of the 43 stumpings off his bowling, 24 were completed by A.J.W.McIntyre and 9 by T.G.Evans. Five Wickets in an Innings (96) 13.5 4 18 8 Surrey v Warwickshire Kennington Oval 1953 20 8 18 8 Surrey v Nottinghamshire Kennington Oval 1952 15.5 2 42 8 Surrey v Middlesex Lord’s 1949 22 6 53 8 Surrey v Leicestershire Kennington Oval 1950 30.4 17 28 7 Surrey v Glamorgan Cardiff 1956 23 6 38 7 Surrey v Hampshire Guildford 1953 22 10 41 7 Surrey v Glamorgan Cardiff 1956 17.2 7 44 7 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Trent Bridge 1953 26.4 7 46 7 Surrey v Northamptonshire Kettering 1946 29.1 11 49 7 ENGLAND v INDIA Lord’s 1946 25 4 52 7 ENGLAND v INDIA Old Trafford 1946 25 7 53 7 Surrey v Gloucestershire Bristol 1958 38.3 16 55 7 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Trent Bridge 1953 32.3 10 58 7 ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA Old Trafford 1951 9.1 4 14 6 Surrey v M.C.C. Lord’s 1946 13 6 17 6 M.C.C. v Rhodesia Salisbury 1948/49 22 9 18 6 Surrey v Glamorgan Kennington Oval 1950 11.4 2 23 6 Surrey v Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge 1952 14 6 24 6 Surrey v Lancashire Old Trafford 1946 15.1 5 25 6 Surrey v Derbyshire Kennington Oval 1949 17.2 8 25 6 Surrey v Worcestershire Worcester 1958 17.5 6 27 6 Surrey v Leicestershire Leicester 1960 14.3 4 32 6 Surrey v Nottinghamshire Kennington Oval 1954 24.1 13 36 6 Surrey v Lancashire Kennington Oval 1955 22.4 8 37 6 ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA Trent Bridge 1951 29.2 8 44 6 Surrey v Sussex Kennington Oval 1948 16 3 46 6 Surrey v Somerset Kennington Oval 1952 73