Famous Cricketers No 63 - A.O.Jones

265. Nottinghamshire v Yorkshire, Bradford, July 25, 26, (27) (Match drawn) (captain, lost toss) c H.Wilkinson b S.Haigh 74 194 3.1 2 6 1 Lord Hawke b 229 1 - - - - 9-1 1 266. Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire, Welbeck, July 28, 29, (30) (Match drawn) (captain, won toss) c C.A.Ollivierre b S.W.A.Cadman 74 187 127 did not bat - 74-8 267. Nottinghamshire v Essex, Leyton, August 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) (captain, lost toss) c T.M.Russell b C.P.Buckenham 20 190 19 0 85 3 R.P.Keigwin lbw 590 J.W.H.T.Douglas b W.Reeves b not out 150 365-3 268. Nottinghamshire v Middlesex, Trent Bridge, August 11, 12, 13 (Middlesex won by eight wickets) (captain, won toss) c C.Palmer b J.T.Hearne 49 343 13 2 53 0 516 3 c R.E.More b B.J.T.Bosanquet 5 226 1 0 2 0 54-2 269. Nottinghamshire v Lancashire, Old Trafford, August 18, 19, 20 (Match drawn) (captain, lost toss) run out 18 270 - - - - 222 1 did not bat - 36-2 8.4 3 22 1 J.S.Heap b 286-5d SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St Gentlemen v Players 1 2 0 60 56 30.00 - - - - County Championship 19 31 5 1648 187 63.38 5 9 30 1 Other Notts matches 1 1 0 48 48 48.00 - - 3 - Season 21 34 5 1756 187 60.55 5 9 33 1 Career 269 449 27 13444 296 31.85 23 64 301 2 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Gentlemen v Players 2 0 8 1 1-8 8.00 - - County Championship 127.5 28 437 13 3-43 33.61 - - Season (6-b) 129.5 28 445 14 3-43 31.78 - - Career (6-b) 907.4 147 } 8031 246 6-26 32.64 7 1 (5-b) 1440.3 244 1905 Nottinghamshire won 6 matches and lost 7, finishing 10th in the Championship. This was the first occasion since 1901 that they had more defeats than wins and was their lowest position since Arthur Owen took over the captaincy. There was no single cause for this deterioration other than a general lack of consistency in batting and bowling. Tom Wass injured a finger so badly in a local match that he missed 8 county matches. He headed the Notts bowling averages again but only took 66 wickets. Many counties operated talent money schemes for their professionals. A.O.Jones introduced a mark system, similar to Lord Hawke’s one for Yorkshire. Each mark was worth five shillings and Jones awarded 4 for a 50, 8 for a century and 12 for 150. The bowlers got 4 for 5 wickets and 10 for 8 in an innings. He operated the mark system for the rest of his captaincy. The average wage of a factory worker was about £1 a week at this time. Nottinghamshire played two matches before the Championship started. They lost heavily to a strong MCC side and then took part in an entertaining draw with the Australian tourists. The visitors lost Trumper, Duff and Hill for 14 runs, before recovering. Jones was top scorer in the first innings, putting on 105 with G.Gunn. Trumper made amends in the second innings, with 61. When Darling declared Notts were set 304 to win in 210 minutes. At one time they had an outside chance with 200 runs and only one wicket down. Jones batted superbly, taking on the fast bowlers. He put on 73 with Iremonger and then 139 with George Gunn to establish a record second wicket stand for this fixture. 48