1952 English cricket season

1952 English cricket season

Cricket formats	first-class, minor counties

The 1952 English cricket season saw the beginning of Surrey's period of dominance as they won the first of seven successive County Championships.

Honours

• County Championship - Surrey
• Minor Counties Championship - Buckinghamshire
• Wisden (Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the 1953 edition for their record in the 1952 season) – Harold Gimblett, Tom Graveney, David Sheppard, Stuart Surridge, Fred Trueman

County Championship Table

Position	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	No Dec	1st inn lead match L	1st inn lead match D	Points
Pts	–	–	12	–	–	8/4	–	4	4	–
1	Surrey	28	20	3	5	0	0	0	4	256
2	Yorkshire	28	17	2	8	0	1	0	5	224
3	Lancashire	28	12	3	11	1	1	1	8	188
4	Derbyshire	28	11	8	9	0	0	2	6	164
5	Middlesex	28	11	12	4	0	1	0	1	136
6	Leicestershire	28	9	9	9	0	1	1	5	132
7	Glamorgan	28	8	7	13	0	0	2	6	130
8	Northamptonshire	28	7	8	12	0	1	3	8	128
9	Gloucestershire	28	7	10	11	0	0	4	6	124
=10	Essex	28	8	4	13	1	2	1	4	120
=10	Warwickshire	28	8	10	8	1	1	0	4	120
12	Hampshire	28	7	11	9	0	1	4	3	112
13	Sussex	28	7	12	6	1	2	0	2	96
14	Worcestershire	28	6	11	10	0	1	1	3	90
15	Kent	28	5	15	8	0	0	2	4	84
16	Nottinghamshire	28	3	11	13	0	1	2	7	72
17	Somerset	28	2	12	13	0	1	1	4	44

Warwickshire and Lancashire records include eight points for a tied match with first innings lead; Sussex and Essex records include four points for tied match without first innings lead. Glamorgan and Worcestershire records include two points each for tie on first innings in drawn match.

Test series

England defeated India 3-0 with one match rained off in a four-match series. India had no answer to the pace of Fred Trueman and the guile of Alec Bedser, who between them took 49 Test wickets.

Leading batsmen

1952 English cricket season – leading batsmen by average
Name	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	100s
David Sheppard	39	2262	239*	64.62	10
Peter May	47	2498	197	62.45	10
Leonard Hutton	45	2567	189	61.11	11
Ted Lester	42	1786	178	49.61	6
Willie Watson	43	1651	114	48.55	3

1952 English cricket season – leading batsmen by aggregate
Name	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	100s
Leonard Hutton	45	2567	189	61.11	11
Peter May	47	2498	197	62.45	10
Don Kenyon	60	2489	171	42.91	7
Jack Robertson	64	2337	162	37.69	2
Bill Edrich	63	2281	239	38.66	6

Leading bowlers

1952 English cricket season – leading bowlers by average
Name	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
Fred Trueman	1694	57	841	61	13.78
Alec Bedser	7114	296	2530	154	16.42
Tony Lock	6658	416	2237	131	17.07
Charles Grove	5673	240	2022	118	17.13
Len Muncer	5174	259	1816	105	17.29

1952 English cricket season – leading bowlers by aggregate
Name	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
Johnny Wardle	11144	810	3460	177	19.54
Jack Young	8641	514	3241	163	19.88
Alec Bedser	7114	296	2530	154	16.42
Cliff Gladwin	7550	402	2917	152	19.19
Roy Tattersall	6995	409	2586	146	17.71

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1953
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1953

External links

• CricketArchive – season summary