Famous Cricketers No 63 - A.O.Jones

132. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Kennington Oval, August 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) b M.A.Noble 31 576 30 12 73 3 H.Trumble c and b 352 2 V.T.Trumper c A.F.A.Lilley J.J.Kelly lbw 12 2 43 0 254-5 133. Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire, Trent Bridge, August 17, 18, 19 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 42 runs) c E.Smith b E.Wainwright 51 257 18 0 71 4 G.H.Hirst st J.Carlin 391 E.Smith b S.Haigh c J.A.Dixon Lord Hawke b c F.S.Jackson b W.Rhodes 10 92 134. Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire, Derby, August 21, 22, 23 (Match drawn) b W.Bestwick 61 581 40 8 140 5 W.Chatterton c J.Carlin 342 1 R.Kenward b T.A.Higson c J.Carlin J.J.Hulme b J.W.Hancock c C.E.Dench 14 4 49 0 253-9 135. Nottinghamshire v Middlesex, Trent Bridge, August 24, 25, 26 (Middlesex won by ten wickets) b A.E.Trott 117 292 24 7 77 0 475-7d 1 st G.MacGregor b C.M.Wells 42 199 1 0 2 0 17-0 136. MCC v Yorkshire, Scarborough, August 28, 29, 30 (Match drawn) c S.Haigh b W.Rhodes 6 255 11 4 34 0 237 not out 0 49-5 10 1 35 1 D.Denton c and b 146-6d 1 137. Mr.C.I.Thornton’s XI v Australians, Scarborough, August 31, September 1, 2 (Match drawn) b E.Jones 17 185 8 1 14 0 233 2 c J.Darling b C.E.McLeod 7 81-7 - - - - 83 138. Mr.C.I.Thornton’s XI v Yorkshire, Scarborough, September 4, 5, 6 (Yorkshire won by 51 runs) b E.Smith 18 115 - - - - 156 c G.H.Hirst b E.Smith 108 292 13 1 58 3 F.Mitchell lbw 302 E.Wainwright lbw G.H.Hirst c W.L.Foster SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Test matches 1 1 0 31 31 31.00 - - 2 - Gentlemen v Players 1 2 0 87 71 43.50 - 1 - - County Championship 15 24 1 1187 250 51.60 3 5 11 - Other Notts matches 1 1 0 19 19 19.00 - - 1 - Other matches 5 10 1 285 108 31.66 1 1 4 - Season 23 38 2 1609 250 44.69 4 7 18 - Career 138 232 15 5710 250 26.31 7 28 138 - Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 42 14 116 3 3-73 38.66 - - Gentlemen v Players 12 3 42 0 - - - - County Championship 281.3 46 923 29 5-140 31.82 1 - Other Notts matches 7 2 11 0 - - - - Other matches 53 10 173 4 3-58 43.25 - - Season (5-b) 395.3 75 1265 36 5-140 35.13 1 - Career (5-b) 1440.3 244 4717 145 6-49 32.53 3 - 1900 In the first year of the Jones captaincy, Nottinghamshire finished fifth in the Championship, winning seven matches and losing four. They won more county matches than they had done in the previous three seasons put together. Including the MCC match, they had four straight wins and their two heavy defeats came at the end of August, when they appeared to run out of steam. Wass and John Gunn began to bowl with some consistency. The batting was not up to the previous year’s standard. 28