Famous Cricketers No 84 - G.L.Jessop

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 3 5 0 116 93 23.20 - 1 3 Gentlemen v Players 1 1 0 17 17 17.00 - - - County Championship 20 37 0 1369 240 37.00 2 7 16 Other Gloucestershire match 1 2 0 46 26 23.00 - - 1 Other matches 2 3 0 206 191 68.66 1 - 1 Season 27 48 0 1754 240 36.54 3 8 21 Career 354 608 26 18553 286 31.87 31 93 322 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Test matches 2 0 8 0 - - - - Gentlemen v Players 5 2 13 0 - - - - County Championship 103.5 23 308 15 4-38 20.53 - - Other matches 10 1 52 2 2-52 26.00 - - Season (6-ball) 120.5 26 381 17 4-38 22.41 - - Career (6-ball) 3230.3 826 } 17842 771 8-29 23.14 38 3 (5-ball) 3716 1111 1908 Gloucestershire were again tenth in the Championship. Jessop was top of the County’s batting averages and second in their bowling list. He was ninth in the national batting averages and seventh in the bowling. He was seventh equal in the list of century makers. Jessop took 34 catches, the most he ever took in a season. At Bath against Somerset he scored a century in each innings. At times the Somerset field contained ‘two extra covers’ but still the runs came. In the match he scored 276 runs in 180 minutes with 50 boundaries, one chance and one dismissal. Against Sussex at Gloucester in the first innings, Jessop made 164 out of 203 in 2 hours with 30 fours. He reached 50 out of 56 in 48 minutes; 102 out of 135 in 95 minutes and 150 out of 187 in 115 minutes. At Bristol against Surrey, he took five wickets in each innings of a match for the only time in his career. This year was seen as being the 150th anniversary of cricket at Hambledon. To this end, the Hambledon Festival was initiated in September with a first-class (12-a-side) match on Broad Halfpenny Down. It was anticipated that this would be an annual fixture. Jessop was captain of the England XII which played the Hambledon XII. Jessop made 48 in 20 minutes in the second innings. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 355. Gloucestershire v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May (14), (15), 16 (Match drawn) * c F.C.Holland b F.E.Smith 12 98 206 2 b F.E.Smith 13 40-6 34-1d 356. Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, Bristol, May 28, 29, 30 (Nottinghamshire won by six wickets) * c T.W.Oates b T.G.Wass 2 143 241 3 b J.R.Gunn 106 216 120-4 357. Gloucestershire v Middlesex, Lord’s, June 4, 5, 6 (Middlesex won by three wickets) * b J.T.Hearne 5 78 - - - - 98 c C.C.Page b E.Mignon 81 273 0.4 0 9 0 254-7 358. Gloucestershire v Essex, Leyton, June 8, 9 (Essex won by an innings and 275 runs) * c F.L.Fane b C.P.Buckenham 6 94 436 c P.A.Perrin b C.P.Buckenham 1 67 359. Gloucestershire v Somerset, Bath, June 11, 12, 13 (Match drawn) * c and b A.E.C.North 143 332 3 0 17 1 B.Cranfield c E.G.Dennett 247 1 not out 133 267-5d - - - - 240-5 360. Gloucestershire v Kent, Tonbridge, June 15, 16 (Kent won by an innings and 126 runs) * c F.H.Huish b A.Fielder 9 114 302 c F.E.Woolley b A.Fielder 17 62 41