Famous Cricketers No 84 - G.L.Jessop

did not bat - 30-0 24 8 80 5 T.W.Hayward lbw 160 1 J.B.Hobbs b A.Marshal b W.A.Spring b A.Ducat lbw 377. Gloucestershire v Sussex, Hove, August 31, September (1), 2 (Match drawn) * c J.Vine b G.R.Cox 18 110 29.1 8 65 4 E.H.Killick c and b 225 1 K.S.Ranjitsinhji b J.H.Vincett c A.E.Winstone H.R.Butt b b E.H.Killick 24 85-5 378. England XI v MCC Australian XI, Hastings, September 3, (4), 5 (Match drawn) c J.Humphries b W.Rhodes 14 161 20 8 43 2 J.B.Hobbs c P.F.Warner 107 R.A.Young c P.F.Warner c J.N.Crawford b W.Rhodes 36 87-7d - - - - 41-3 379. South v North, Hastings, September 7, 8, 9 (South won by five wickets) c A.W.Hallam b J.T.Newstead 33 142 174 not out 88 181-5 147 2 380. England XII v Hambledon XII, Broad Halfpenny Down, Hambledon, September 10, 11, 12 (Hambledon XII won by five wickets) * b J.A.Newman 19 124 4 0 9 0 277 st J.Stone b C.B.Llewellyn 48 309 13 5 30 1 E.Sprot c A.E.Trott 158-6 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gentlemen v Players 1 1 0 1 1 1.00 - - 3 County Championship 22 41 2 1646 164 42.20 4 7 29 Other matches 3 6 1 238 88* 47.60 - 1 2 Season 26 48 3 1885 164 41.88 4 8 34 Career 380 656 29 20438 286 32.59 35 101 356 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Gentlemen v Players 14.1 6 23 3 3-23 7.66 - - County Championship 89.5 22 243 16 5-26 15.18 2 1 Other matches 37 13 82 3 2-43 27.33 - - Season (6-ball) 141 41 348 22 5-26 15.81 2 1 Career (6-ball) 3371.3 867 } 18190 793 8-29 22.93 40 4 (5-ball) 3716 1111 1909 Gloucestershire finished bottom of the Championship. Jessop was second in the County’s batting and top of the bowling averages. He was also top of the national bowling averages. He was sixth equal in the list of century makers. On the retirement of E.M.Grace, Jessop was appointed Secretary of the Club as well as being captain. Against Hampshire, at Bristol, Jessop scored a century in each innings and repeated the feat at Southampton in 1911. In this span of ten consecutive innings against Hampshire, the first two and the last three were centuries while the other five scores were in single figures. Jessop’s participation in the third Test at Headingley did not last long. After about an hour’s play, he attempted to save a quick single. He threw the ball in sideways without turning his body fully and tore fibres in one of his latissimus dorsi. These are the large triangular muscles below the shoulder blades. Jessop was treated by an unknown ‘doctor’ who diagnosed a slipped disc. To remedy this, he put his knee in the middle of Jessop’s spine and wrenched his shoulders back. The treatment probably did more harm than the original injury. As a result, Jessop was out of action for the rest of the season. This incident would have consequences for Jessop during the War and into his retirement. 43