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

30 3 101 5 H.D.G.Leveson-Gower’s XI v New Zealanders Scarborough 1949 42.4 8 105 5 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Lord’s 1953 45 10 115 5 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Old Trafford 1953 48 9 127 5 ENGLAND v WEST INDIES Trent Bridge 1950 47 8 135 5 Surrey v Indians Kennington Oval 1946 Ten Wickets in a Match (16) 52.4 27 69 14 Surrey v Glamorgan Cardiff 1956 55.5 23 99 14 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Trent Bridge 1953 36 11 46 13 Surrey v Nottinghamshire Kennington Oval 1952 27.3 11 35 12 Surrey v Warwickshire Kennington Oval 1953 54 17 106 12 Surrey v Leicestershire Kennington Oval 1950 56.5 18 112 12 ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA Old Trafford 1951 38.5 12 89 11 Surrey v Lancashire Old Trafford 1946 42.3 16 91 11 Surrey v Derbyshire Chesterfield 1948 51 13 93 11 ENGLAND v INDIA Old Trafford 1946 45.4 13 102 11 Surrey v Derbyshire Kennington Oval 1947 61.2 14 145 11 ENGLAND v INDIA Lord’s 1946 34 14 45 10 Surrey v Hampshire Guildford 1954 35.5 14 59 10 Surrey v Leicestershire Leicester 1960 44.4 14 76 10 Surrey v Oxford University Kennington Oval 1951 49.5 13 79 10 Surrey v Northamptonshire Kennington Oval 1957 42.3 9 105 10 ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA Melbourne 1950/51 Other Interesting Statistics Results of Matches The results of the first-class matches in which Bedser played were :- Won % Drawn % Lost % Total Test matches 14 27.4 19 37.3 18 35.3 51 Surrey - County Championship matches 170 54.7 81 26.0 60 19.3 311 Surrey - other matches 22 37.3 19 32.2 18 30.5 59 Players v Gentlemen 7 58.3 3 25.0 2 16.7 12 Other First-Class 15 28.8 30 57.7 7 13.5 52 Total 228 47.0 152 31.3 105 21.7 485 The results of those matches where Bedser was captain were :- Won % Drawn % Lost % Total Surrey - County Championship matches 22 36.7 23 38.3 15 25.0 60 Surrey - Other matches 6 46.2 6 46.1 1 7.7 13 Players v Gentlemen 1 100.0 0 0 0 0 1 Total 29 39.2 29 39.2 16 21.6 74 These figures confirm the strength of Surrey during their seven year winning spell and as Bedser was only vice-captain of Surrey his performance as captain must reflect that he usually was not in charge of the strongest team, due to Test match calls and injuries, etc. 75