Famous Cricketers No 63 - A.O.Jones

occasions, his overall performance was not as good as the previous year. He scored 43 against St John’s, 77 against the Magpies and 57 against West Wrattling Park. His batting average, however, was only 18.40 and he did not take sufficient wickets to have his bowling figures recorded. The magazine of Jesus College is called The Chanticleer , although the spelling differs from year to year. It says of Jones, “A magnificent field though off colour in batting at the beginning of the season, was a useful bowler at times.” The magazine congratulates him on his selection for Nottinghamshire. Arthur Owen played in the Seniors’ match, at the beginning of May and, batting at number 3 made 1 and 38 for the losing side. There were three Jesus men in the University match, A.O.Jones, T.N.Perkins and A.J.L.Hill, who played for Hampshire. Arthur Owen’s batting and bowling figures do not justify his playing in 7 matches, but F.S.Jackson was again prepared to pick him for his fielding alone; he held ten catches. The University batting line up was so strong that he only opened once in his twelve innings for them. When he played against the Australian tourists for the first time, the University made them follow on. Cambridge were outplayed in the second innings, though, losing by 117 runs. Arthur Owen made two consecutive appearances at Lord’s, once against MCC and then versus Oxford University, thereby earning his Blue. Cambridge won both matches but A.O.’s contribution was small. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 15. Cambridge University v C.I.Thornton’s Team, Fenner’s, May 8, 9, 10 (Cambridge University won by eight wickets) (12-a-side) c C.I.Thornton b J.W.Trumble 5 303 - - - - 230 st A.T.Kemble b J.W.Trumble 20 174-3 6 3 10 0 246 1 16. Cambridge University v Gentlemen of England, Fenner’s, May 15, 16, 17 (Cambridge University won by four wickets) (12-a-side) c H.Philipson b J.W.Trumble 5 302 165 run out 2 81-7 217 1 17. Cambridge University v MCC, Fenner’s, May 25, 26, 27 (Cambridge University won by ten wickets) lbw b WMead 19 352 268 did not bat - 29-0 112 2 18. Cambridge University v Australians, Fenner’s, June 8, 9, 10 (Australians won by 117 runs) b H.Trumble 0 290 - - - - 196 1 st A.H.Jarvis b G.H.S.Trott 10 108 2 0 5 0 319 19. Nottinghamshire v Lancashire, Trent Bridge, June 15, 16, 17 (Lancashire won by four wickets) c CSmith b G.R.Baker 28 318 322 b J.Briggs 0 92 92-6 20. Cambridge University v Sussex, Hove, June 22, 23, 24 (Sussex won by two wickets) b F.H.Guttridge 28 232 291 3 st H.R.Butt b W.A.Humphreys 0 215 158-8 1 21. Cambridge University v MCC, Lord’s, June 26, 27, 28 (Cambridge University won by an innings and 155 runs) c sub b W.C.Hedley 32 503 165 183 22. Cambridge University v Oxford University, Lord’s, July 3, 4 (Cambridge University won by 266 runs) b G.F.H.Berkeley 2 182 106 not out 16 254 64 1 23. Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire, Trent Bridge, July 13, 14 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 20 runs) c and b F.S.Jackson 2 124 182 1 run out 0 38 24. Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire, Trent Bridge, July 31, August 1, (Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 130 runs) b J.J.Ferris 0 237 72 4 71 1 25. Nottinghamshire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, August 7, 8 (Surrey won by ten wickets) c K.J.Key b T.W.Hayward 12 120 290 c T.W.Hayward b R.Abel 38 172 4-0 26. Nottinghamshire v Kent, Canterbury, August 10, 11, 12 (Match drawn) b W.Wright 3 336 - - - - 202 11