1952 English cricket season explained

Previous Year:	1951
Previous Tournament:	1951 English cricket season
Next Year:	1953
Next Tournament:	1953 English cricket season

1952 was the 53rd season of County Championship cricket in England. It was the beginning of Surrey's period of dominance as they won the first of seven successive County Championships. England defeated India 3–0 in the Test series.

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

See main article: article and 1952 County Championship.

Test series

See main article: Indian cricket team in England in 1952. 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
	39	2262	239*	64.62	10
	47	2498	197	62.45	10
	45	2567	189	61.11	11
	42	1786	178	49.61	6
	43	1651	114	48.55	3

1952 English cricket season  - leading batsmen by aggregate
Name	Innings	Runs	Highest	Average	100s
	45	2567	189	61.11	11
	47	2498	197	62.45	10
	60	2489	171	42.91	7
	64	2337	162	37.69	2
	63	2281	239	38.66	6

Leading bowlers

1952 English cricket season  - leading bowlers by average
Name	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
	1694	57	841	61	13.78
	7114	296	2530	154	16.42
	6658	416	2237	131	17.07
	5673	240	2022	118	17.13
	5174	259	1816	105	17.29

1952 English cricket season  - leading bowlers by aggregate
Name	Balls	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average
	11144	810	3460	177	19.54
	8641	514	3241	163	19.88
	7114	296	2530	154	16.42
	7550	402	2917	152	19.19
	6995	409	2586	146	17.71

Annual reviews

• Playfair Cricket Annual 1953
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1953

External links

• CricketArchive  - season summary