Famous Cricketers No 84 - G.L.Jessop

407. Gloucestershire v Kent, Canterbury, August 4, (5), 6 (Kent won by an innings and 96 runs) * c and b F.E.Woolley 20 55 291 2 c J.R.Mason b F.E.Woolley 19 140 408. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 8, 9, 10 (Gloucestershire won by an innings and 63 runs) * b R.D.Burrows 4 374 135 176 409. Gloucestershire v Kent, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 11, 12 (Kent won by an innings and 242 runs) * st F.H.Huish b D.W.Carr 35 168 607-6d hit wkt b D.W.Carr 0 197 410. Gloucestershire v Surrey, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 15, 16, 17 (Surrey won by four wickets) * c W.C.Smith b J.W.Hitch 32 81 2 1 11 0 213 c W.J.Abel b W.C.Smith 124 339 - - - - 208-6 411. Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire, Bristol, August 22, 23, 24 (Gloucestershire won by eight wickets) * b G.J.Thompson 20 270 192 did not bat - 36-2 112 412. Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, County Ground, Bristol, August 25, 26, 27 (Nottinghamshire won by five wickets) * c J.Iremonger b W.Riley 3 128 - - - - 140 c W.R.D.Payton b T.G.Wass 1 76 2 0 10 0 66-5 1 413. Rest of England v Kent, Kennington Oval, September 12, 13, 14, 15 (Rest of England won by 244 runs) lbw b D.W.Carr 0 404 218 st F.H.Huish b E.Humphreys27 247-6d 189 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct County Championship 19 32 1 1052 165 33.93 4 3 15 Other matches 2 4 1 90 47* 30.00 - - 2 Season 21 36 2 1142 165 33.58 4 3 17 Career 413 711 31 22245 286 32.71 42 105 391 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship (6-b) 4 1 21 0 - - - - Career (6-ball) 3428.3 881 } 18330 803 8-29 22.82 40 4 (5-ball) 3716 1111 1911 Gloucestershire were again twelfth in the Championship. Jessop was top of the County’s batting averages and 16th in the national list. He was second equal in the list of century makers. Gilbert Jessop was appointed a Selector for the Test Trials, along with Lord Hawke and P.F.Warner. There were originally three matches planned:- G.L.Jessop’s XI v P.F.Warner’s XI at Bramall Lane; England v The Rest at Lord’s and a similar match at Old Trafford. The first two matches did not justify the disruption they caused to the Championship and so the last match was cancelled. In the match at Northampton, the Gloucestershire team wore black armbands as they mourned the death of Dr.E.M.Grace. Jessop lost the toss for Gloucestershire in seven consecutive matches. When Northamptonshire played at Cheltenham, they had to come by car due to the national railway strike. In August, Gloucestershire took part in the initial first-class match on the Dudley ground. The match with Hampshire at Southampton was a festival of run making. Jessop scored a century in each innings; C.B.Fry made 258*, the highest score of his career, and A.E.Dipper made 119. 1314 runs were scored for 21 wickets in the match. Jessop scored 276 runs altogether in 211 minutes with 2 sixes and 46 fours. For MCC v Yorkshire at Scarborough, Jessop’s score in the second innings, at stumps, was 117 in 80 minutes with 3 sixes and 17 fours with only 5 runs needed for victory. In his final innings of the season, Jessop put on 225 for the 4th wicket with R.H.Spooner in 2 hours. Jessop hit one six and 23 fours. 46