:Bedser liked his keepers to stand up, but I believe that some of them were very reluctant to do so, feeling that the chance of achieving a stumping was more than outweighed by the risk of missing a catch. There's an added complication, in that some authorities seem to define fast-medium as quicker than medium-fast whereas others define it as slower! I would guess that he was about the same pace as Jimmy Anderson or maybe just a fraction slower. JH