Famous Cricketers No 84 - G.L.Jessop

224. Gloucestershire v Yorkshire, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 14, 15 (Yorkshire won by an innings and 102 runs) * c J.Tunnicliffe b W.Rhodes 42 104 21 5 61 2 F.S.Jackson c C.L.Townsend 261 S.Haigh c J.H.Board st D.Hunter b W.Rhodes 1 55 225. Gloucestershire v Australians, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 18, 19, 20 (Australians won by an innings and 10 runs) * b W.W.Armstrong 13 152 29.5 3 91 7 V.T.Trumper c F.H.Bateman-Champain 312 J.Darling c F.H.Bateman-Champain M.A.Noble c F.H.Bateman-Champain S.E.Gregory c J.H.Board A.J.Y.Hopkins b E.Jones c L.D.Brownlee W.P.Howell c H.Wrathall run out 43 150 226. Gloucestershire v Warwickshire, Bristol, August 25, 26, 27 (Warwickshire won by six wickets) * b E.F.Field 52 123 - - - - 231 1 c W.G.Quaife b E.F.Field 20 231 4 3 4 0 127-4 227. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, Worcester, August 28, 29, (30) (Match drawn) * b R.D.Burrows 77 265 - - - - 155 9 2 33 1 H.K.Foster c F.H.Bateman-Champain 243 228. Rest of England v Kent and Sussex, Hastings, September 4, 5, 6 (Rest of England won by three wickets) run out 109 231 1 0 1 0 184 c F.H.Huish b J.R.Mason 6 180-7 3 0 9 0 224 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 4 5 0 190 104 38.00 1 1 2 Gentlemen v Players 2 4 1 72 37* 24.00 - - 3 County Championship 18 31 2 1014 126 34.96 2 7 12 Other Gloucestershire matches 2 4 0 90 43 22.50 - - 1 Other matches 3 5 0 196 109 39.20 1 - 1 Season 29 49 3 1562 126 33.95 4 8 19 Career 228 391 22 11571 233 31.35 23 55 189 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 10 2 26 0 - - - - Gentlemen v Players 33 8 101 3 3-85 33.66 - - County Championship 294.3 79 786 43 8-58 18.27 2 1 Other Glos matches 29.5 3 91 7 7-91 13.00 1 - Other matches 4 0 10 0 - - - - Season 371.2 92 1014 53 8-58 19.13 3 1 Career (6-ball) 1760.3 472 } 13419 611 8-29 21.96 35 3 (5-ball) 3716 1111 1903 Gloucestershire were 13th in the Championship. Jessop was top of the County’s batting averages and seventh in their bowling list. It was around this time that Jessop became a regular journalist for The Daily Mail. Journalism was a career he pursued before and after the War. Gilbert Jessop spent some pre-season time practising on the ground run by G.W.Beldham. The latter relates that, while Jessop was batting, he and K.S.Ranjitsinhji had a debate as how best to dismiss the hurricane batsman. ‘Ranji’ said that apart from silly-point all fielders should be on the leg side. Jessop would be bound to offer a catch to one of them eventually. In May, against Middlesex at Lord’s, Jessop was dismissed by Beldham in each innings for 1 and 49. At the beginning of June he made his highest ever score, 286, against Sussex. He was out to a running catch, by ‘Ranji’, at long on. Jessop hit 42 fours. He made his 29