Famous Cricketers No 63 - A.O.Jones

c F.H.Gillingham b B.Tremlin 45 280-5d - - - - 44 418. Nottinghamshire v Derbyshire, Blackwell, August 18, 19, (20) (Match drawn) (captain, won toss) b A.Morton 1 261 1 0 9 0 246 did not bat - 89-3 419. Nottinghamshire v Middlesex, Trent Bridge, August 22, 23, 24 (Nottinghamshire won by four wickets) (captain) c F.T.Mann b J.T.Hearne 7 166 126 1 not out 17 73-6 112 1 420. Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire, Bristol, August 25, 26, 27 (Nottinghamshire won by five wickets) (captain, lost toss) c E.G.Dennett b C.W.L.Parker 37 140 128 did not bat - 66-5 76 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct St County Championship 20 34 1 1102 121 33.39 3 5 20 - Other Notts matches 1 1 0 42 42 42.00 - - 1 - Season 21 35 1 1144 121 33.64 3 5 21 - Career 420 692 43 20962 296 32.29 33 105 525 2 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship (6-b) 147 16 494 16 4-65 30.87 - - Career (6-b) 1495.1 226 } 9993 302 8-71 33.08 8 1 (5-b) 1440.3 244 1911 Nottinghamshire won 9 of their 20 Championship matches, lost 5 and drew 6. Of these latter, they had a first innings lead in 3. This gave them 57 points out of a possible 100 and put them in eighth place. James Iremonger achieved the double in all first-class matches. Joe Hardstaff and the brothers Gunn passed a thousand runs, Jones and Payton were close to it and Ted Alletson made over 500 runs. Wass took 100 wickets, Riley topped the county bowling averages and John Gunn took 48 expensive wickets. The feud with the Kent Committee was finally settled and the fixture resumed. After beating MCC, Nottinghamshire got their campaign off to a flying start with a home win over Leicestershire. On a rather soft pitch. John Gunn and William Riley disposed of the visitors quite cheaply. Jones and Iremonger then hit up 93 in 50 minutes. By the end of the first day’s play, Notts were 37 runs on with 5 wickets down. George Gunn went on to make 97 and Whysall also passed 50. In the Leicestershire second innings, A.E.Knight made a careful and faultless century but no one could support him for long. Riley took a further 7 wickets and Notts were left with 20 runs to make. Tom Wass did not play and was judged insufficiently fit to be taken to the away matches at Hove and Bristol. Ted Alletson went instead, despite a sprained wrist. Jones must have enjoyed being the visiting captain at Hove. He and George Gunn put on 82 in an hour for the second wicket. Sussex established a first innings lead of 176. Iremonger and George Gunn put on 124 for the second wicket but when the seventh wicket fell at 185, the visitors were only 9 runs on. With 50 minutes to go before lunch, Sussex were scenting victory when Alletson came to the wicket. He was dropped at 25 and 42, putting on 73 with Garnet Lee for the eighth wicket, in 40 minutes. At lunch the score stood at 260 for 9. Notts were only 84 runs ahead. Sussex took a further 40 minutes to claim the last wicket. In that time, the score raced on to 412. Alletson scored 142 out of the 152 runs added after lunch. In seven overs, he scored 115 out of 120 and was particularly severe on the bowling of E.H.Killick, scoring 22 from one over and 34 off his last. Alletson was finally out, caught on the deep long-on boundary by C.L.A.Smith. Of his 189 runs, 140 had come in boundaries, 8 sixes and 23 fours. His chief stroke was the straight drive. His whirlwind innings inflicted considerable damage around the ground. His last wicket stand with Riley is still a Nottinghamshire record and his 34 from 72