Famous Cricketers No 84 - G.L.Jessop

432. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 14, 15, 16 (Gloucestershire won by an innings and 69 runs) * c F.L.Bowley b F.A.Pearson 26 443 240 1 134 433. Gloucestershire v Kent, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 17, 18 (Kent won by an innings and 94 runs) * c J.Seymour b C.Blythe 21 115 334 1 c D.W.Carr b F.E.Woolley 15 125 434. Gloucestershire v Northamptonshire, College Ground, Cheltenham, August 21, 22, 23 (Gloucestershire won by 79 runs) * b W.East 35 134 2 1 3 0 139 2 lbw b G.J.Thompson 3 141 - - - - 57 2 435. Gloucestershire v All India, Bristol, August 24, 25, 26 (Match drawn) * c J.S.Warden b M.D.Bulsara 24 252 14.5 2 47 3 Maharaja of Baroda b 364 1 Syed Hussain lbw M.D.Bulsara b b Salam-ud-din 79 379-6d - - - - 74-8 1 436. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, Dudley, August 28, 29, 30 (Worcestershire won by 91 runs) * c E.W.Bale b J.A.Cuffe 22 144 - - - - 164 c E.W.Bale b J.A.Cuffe 8 100 7.3 0 32 4 W.B.Burns b 171 J.A.Cuffe b G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward b H.F.Baker b 437. MCC v Yorkshire, Scarborough, August 31, September 1, 2 (Match drawn) c B.B.Wilson b G.W.Bayes 59 274 387 1 not out 117 334-7 225-6d 1 438. Gentlemen v Players, Scarborough, September 4, 5, 6 (Match drawn) c A.Dolphin b E.F.Field 0 290 2 0 22 0 432 b W.Rhodes 33 195-6 4 1 17 1 D.Denton b 181-5d 1 439. Lord Londesborough’s XI v MCC Australian XI, Scarborough, September 7, 8, 9 (Match drawn) * b J.W.Hitch 45 301 190 b J.W.Hitch 136 258-7d 333-5 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Gentlemen v Players 2 4 0 60 33 15.00 - - 3 County Championship 18 34 2 1221 153 38.15 4 4 13 Other Gloucestershire matches 2 4 0 121 79 30.25 - 1 3 Other matches 4 7 2 505 136 101.00 3 1 2 Season 26 49 4 1907 153 42.37 7 6 21 Career 439 760 35 24152 286 33.31 49 111 412 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m Gentlemen v Players 6 1 39 1 1-17 39.00 - - County Championship 31.3 8 103 4 4-32 25.75 - - Other Glos matches 14.5 2 47 3 3-47 15.66 - - Season (6-ball) 52.2 11 189 8 4-32 23.62 - - Career (6-ball) 3480.5 892 } 18519 811 8-29 22.83 40 4 (5-ball) 3716 1111 1912 Gloucestershire were eleventh in the Championship. Jessop was fourth in the County’s batting averages and second in the bowling. Jessop resigned the post of Secretary and was succeeded by C.O.H.Sewell. Jessop scored only one century this season, against Worcestershire at Worcester. He made 127 in 90 minutes with 2 sixes and 16 fours. He put on 209 for the 3rd wicket with D.C.Robinson. Against Kent at Cheltenham, Jessop took his last haul of 5 wickets in an innings. On 23rd September Gilbert Jessop’s mother, Susannah Radford Jessop, died in Cheltenham aged 75. She survived her husband by more than twenty-two years. They were married on 12th July 1859 at St 48