Famous Cricketers No 84 - G.L.Jessop

456. Gloucestershire v Kent, Dover, August 22, (23), (24) (Match drawn) * st F.H.Huish b D.W.Carr 0 67 6 0 11 1 D.W.Jennings c and b 106 2 c F.H.Huish b D.W.Carr 14 95 457. Gloucestershire v Worcestershire, Bristol, August (26), 27, 28 (Match drawn) * c W.B.Burns b F.Chester 32 198 11 3 17 2 G.L.Crowe c A.W.Roberts 157 G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward b did not bat - 47-1 458. Gloucestershire v South Africans, County Ground, Bristol, August (29), 30, 31 (South Africans won by two wickets) * b G.A.Faulkner 13 126 - - - - 79 b S.J.Pegler 16 64 12.5 6 33 4 H.W.Taylor b 114-8 A.W.Nourse b G.A.Faulkner b L.J.Tancred lbw 459. MCC v Yorkshire, Scarborough, September 2, (3), 4 (Match drawn) b M.W.Booth 4 153 - - - - 124 st A.Dolphin b G.H.Hirst 1 84 2 2 0 0 79-7 1 460. Lord Londesborough’s XI v Australians, Scarborough, September 5, 6, 7 (Match drawn) c W.Carkeek b T.J.Matthews 3 294 - - - - 203 b W.J.Whitty 0 131-5d 6 2 13 0 138-0 461. Lord Londesborough’s XI v South Africans, Scarborough, September 9, 10, (11) (Match drawn) did not bat - 63-4 100 462. Gentlemen of England v South Africans, Hastings, September 12, 13, 14 (South Africans won by six wickets) c T.A.Ward b C.P.Carter 59 286 - - - - 178 2 c L.A.Stricker b S.J.Pegler 0 164 13 4 34 0 273-4 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test matches 2 3 0 20 16 6.66 - - 1 Gentlemen v Players 1 2 0 46 41 23.00 - - - County Championship 12 18 0 366 127 20.33 1 1 11 Other Gloucestershire matches 2 3 0 31 16 10.33 - - - Other matches 6 10 0 341 88 34.10 - 5 3 Season 23 36 0 804 127 22.33 1 6 15 Career 462 796 35 24956 286 32.79 50 117 427 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m County Championship 66.2 12 170 12 5-14 14.16 1 - Other Glos matches 36.5 10 82 6 4-33 13.66 - - Other matches 21 8 47 0 - - - - Season (6-ball) 124.1 30 299 18 5-14 16.61 1 - Career (6-ball) 3605 922 } 18818 829 8-29 22.69 41 4 (5-ball) 3716 1111 1913 Gloucestershire were ninth in the Championship. Jessop was second in both the County batting and bowling averages. Jessop resigned the captaincy and was succeeded by C.O.H.Sewell. Jessop captained Gloucestershire for one last time when they played Somerset at Bristol. In the second innings, he made 35 not out in a stand of 48 not out with C.S.Barnett to win the match. Playing for Lord Londesborough’s XI against Kent, the Champion County, Jessop made 116 out of 138 in 60 minutes with 4 sixes and 19 fours. In one over from D.W.Carr he hit 26 runs. He put on 75 for the 9th wicket with S.F.Barnes and reached his 100 in 55 minutes. This was Jessop’s 53rd and last century. He was, at this point, 13th in the list of ‘Centuries in a Career.’ W.G.Grace had 126 and T.W.Hayward 102, followed by C.B.Fry 92, J.T.Tyldesley 79, R.Abel 74, K.S.Ranjitsinhji 72, D.Denton 60, A.Shrewsbury 59, P.F.Warner 59, P.A.Perrin 54, G.H.Hirst 54 and W.G.Quaife 54. For someone who 50