Famous Cricketers No 63 - A.O.Jones

110. Nottinghamshire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, August 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) b W.H.Lockwood 16 157 25 5 73 3 R.Abel c A.Shrewsbury 329 F.C.Holland b T.W.Hayward c T.W.Oates c H.Wood b W.Brockwell 52 548 111. Nottinghamshire v Kent, Canterbury, August 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c F.H.Huish b J.R.Mason 23 345 26 5 67 3 C.J.Burnup c T.W.Oates 270 1 J.R.Mason c T.W.Oates W.Rashleigh lbw c F.Marchant b W.M.Bradley 34 171-7d 99-3 1 112. Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire, Trent Bridge, August 8, 9, (10) (Match drawn) st D.Hunter b W.Rhodes 32 90 5 0 22 0 277 b W.Rhodes 6 90-1 113. Nottinghamshire v Middlesex, Trent Bridge, August 18, 19, 20 (Middlesex won by an innings and 136 runs) st G.MacGregor b J.T.Hearne11 171 30 2 112 4 P.F.Warner st T.W.Oates 484 J.T.Rawlin b C.M.Wells c T.W.Oates F.H.E.Cunliffe st T.W.Oates c R.N.Douglas b A.E.Trott 50 177 114. Gentlemen v Players, Scarborough, August 29, 30, 31 (Gentlemen won by eight wickets) c A.Ward b W.Attewell 31 208 18 7 38 3 W.R.Cuttell c G.L.Jessop 126 1 G.R.Baker lbw W.Rhodes c and b did not bat - 90-2 11 3 23 1 W.Rhodes b 169 115. Mr.C.I.Thornton’s XI v Yorkshire, Scarborough, September 1, 2, 3 (Match drawn) b E.Wainwright 4 316 9 2 21 0 228 1 c W.Rhodes b S.Haigh 30 136-4 20 3 81 2 J.Tunnicliffe c W.Storer 289 F.S.Jackson c W.Gunn SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Gentlemen v Players 2 3 1 81 49* 40.50 - - - - County Championship 16 27 1 756 70 29.07 - 7 14 - Other Notts matches 1 1 0 7 7 7.00 - - - - Other matches 1 2 0 34 30 17.00 - - 1 - Season 20 33 2 878 70 28.32 - 7 15 - Career 115 194 13 4101 162 22.65 3 21 120 - Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Gentlemen v Players 33 11 74 4 3-38 18.50 - - County Championship 278.2 45 805 30 4-54 26.83 - - Other matches 29 5 102 2 2-81 51.00 - - Season (5-b) 340.2 61 981 36 4-54 27.25 - - Career (5-b) 1045 169 3452 109 6-49 31.66 2 - 1899 Nottinghamshire finished equal tenth in the Championship, with two wins and four defeats. The batting by Shrewsbury, Jones and William Gunn was even more consistent than previously, but the bowling was not strong enough to bring matches to a successful conclusion. J.R.Gunn took 54 wickets and Wass took 45. William Attewell, nearing the end of his distinguished career, took 19 expensive wickets. Arthur Owen had a wonderful season with the bat, bowled with some success, particularly in August, and fielded well all year. By the end of May, his highest score of the season was the 31 he made against Surrey. In the next match, at Bristol, he went in at number 2 with Shrewsbury and made 250 runs in four and a half hours. He batted faultlessly until he was 184. After that, he gave several chances. Jones batted defiantly and his favourite scoring strokes were the cut and the straight drive. 24