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| Batting style | Right-handed batsman | |
| Bowling type | Right-arm fast | |
| Tests | First-class | |
| Matches | 18 | 493 |
| Runs scored | 569 | 26,698 |
| Batting average | 21. The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Mike Powell cricketerjpg|thumb|200px| Warwickshire batsman Mike Powell]] A batsman in the sport of Cricket is depending on context Any In the sport of Cricket there are two broad categories of bowlers: pace bowlers and spin bowlers Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations First-class cricket refers to the class of Cricket matches of three or more days scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players and officially adjudged first-class by Batting average is a Statistic in both Cricket and Baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively 88 | 32. 63 |
| 100s/50s | 1/3 | 53/127 |
| Top score | 104 | 286 |
| Balls bowled | 732 | 42,442 |
| Wickets | 10 | 873 |
| Bowling average | 35. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Bowling average is a Statistic measuring the performance of bowlers in the Sport of Cricket. 39 | 22. 79 |
| 5 wickets in innings | - | 41 |
| 10 wickets in match | - | 4 |
| Best bowling | 4/68 | 8/29 |
| Catches/stumpings | 11/- | 463/- |
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Test debut: 15 June 1889 |
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Gilbert Laird Jessop (born May 19, 1874, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire; died May 11, 1955, Fordington, Dorset) was an English cricket player, often reckoned to have been the fastest run-scorer cricket has ever known. An inning, or innings, is a fixed-length segment of a game in any of a variety of Sports &ndash most notably Cricket and Baseball during For other uses see Stump (disambiguation Stump is a term used in the Sport of Cricket where has three different meanings Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1912 ( MCMXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting Events 1535 - French explorer Jacques Cartier sets sail on his second voyage to North America with three ships 110 men and Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Education History See also History of Gloucestershire Gloucestershire is a historic county mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in the 10th century Events 330 - Byzantium is renamed ''Nova Roma'' during a dedication ceremony but is more popularly referred to as Constantinople Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Wisden Cricketer of the Year, 1898.
Nicknamed "The Croucher" because of his unusual hunched stance at the crease and though a stocky build at 5'7" and 11 stone, Jessop was amazingly quick on his feet and would often charge to hit and drive fast bowlers like Tom Richardson or Arthur Mold. Tom Richardson (born August 11, 1870, Byfleet, Surrey; died July 2, 1912, Chambéry, France) was Arthur Mold ( May 29, 1863, Middleton Cheney, Northamptonshire – April 27, 1921, Middleton Cheney was one of the deadliest A powerful driver, fierce cutter and hooker but could also play delicate late glances and late cuts. H. S. Altham: "No cricketer that has ever lived hit the ball so often, so fast and with such a bewildering variety of strokes".
This lightning footwork allowed Jessop to score with amazing rapidity on extremely treacherous pitches where defensive cricket was virtually useless, as in the Fifth Test at The Oval in August 1902, known as "Jessop's match". Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations The Oval PavilionJPG|250px|right|thumb|The Members Pavilion]] The Oval is an international Cricket ground in Kennington, London England had an unlikely one-wicket victory against a quality Australian side who set England 263 to win in the fourth innings. Jessop came to the crease when things looked dire for England at 48 for 5. He scored his first 50 runs in 43 minutes and reached his century in 75 minutes. He was finally dismissed after 77 minutes for 104, which included 17 fours and an all-run five. Many of the fours had well cleared the boundary, but the laws of cricket in 1902 meant that to obtain six runs the ball had to be hit out of the ground. One of these "fours" was caught on the players' balcony. A newspaper managed to keep a detailed record of his innings, from which we know that he reached his hundred off 76 balls - one of the fastest Test centuries of all time.
A genuine all-rounder, in his early days he was a bowler of considerable pace. He could maintain great stamina; however, he suffered a back strain in his debut Test from being over-bowled which plagued his career. (Frith, 2007)
Jessop was also probably the fastest fieldsman in the game throughout most of his career, giving Gloucestershire a reputation for brilliance in the field. Gloucestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket structure representing the historic His fielding, which might fairly be termed as phenomenal as his hitting, was a matter of great pride to him. No hit proved too hard for him to stop and his gathering and returning of the ball approached perfection. In his early days he fielded at cover-point; later he specialised in the position of extra mid-off, standing so deep that with almost anyone else a run would have been a certainty. Jessop's presence deterred the boldest of batsmen from making any attempt. In short, he was such a fine bowler and such a superb fieldsman that, even without his batting ability, he would have been worth a place in almost any team. A man of engaging manners, he was a charming companion and, like most truly great men, modest to a degree (Wisden Cricketers' Almanack).
He first played for Gloucestershire in 1894, and a short innings of 30 against the deadly bowling of Mold and Briggs was seen as indicating a promising player. Johnny Briggs (born October 3 1862, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England; died January 11, 1902, Heald
In 1896 when Jessop did the "double" of 1000 runs and 100 wickets, the remarkable nature of his talent was observed. Wisden made him a Cricketer of the Year in 1898, while two years later his two innings against Yorkshire at Bradford astonished the crowds: in each innings he scored a century before lunch, making 104 in the first innings in forty minutes and 139 in the second, again reaching his hundred in under an hour. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (often referred to simply as Wisden or colloquially as "the Bible of Cricket" is by far the best The Wisden Cricketers of the Year are Cricketers selected for the honour by the annual publication Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, based primarily on their Yorkshire County Cricket Club, who represent the historic county of Yorkshire, are one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English domestic Cricket Bradford ( lies at the heart of the City of Bradford, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England.
Jessop went up to Christ's College, Cambridge in 1896, intending to study for the priesthood, although this was not to materialise as he left without taking a degree [1]. Christ’s College is one of the colleges of the University of Cambridge. He played for the Cambridge University side for four seasons, being captain in the last (1899). Cambridge University Cricket Club is a First-class cricket team In the 1897 Varsity match he took six wickets for 65 in the first innings; in 1898 he took six wickets for 126 in the first innings. A varsity match is a sporting fixture between two University rivals
After two moderate years - despite a Test debut in 1899 - Jessop in 1900 took over as captain and secretary of Gloucestershire and had his finest year, scoring 2210 runs and taking 104 wickets including a career-best 8 for 29 against Essex. Essex county cricket teams have been traced back to the 18th century but the county's involvement in Cricket goes back much further than that The following year, whilst he lost his pace and his bowling declined to fewer than thirty wickets, his batting was even better, whilst 1902 was highlighted by his amazing innings to win the Fifth Test on a treacherous Oval pitch.
In 1903, Jessop played the highest innings of his career - 286 in 180 minutes against Sussex - and for the rest of the decade, as well as being captain of Gloucestershire, he was their batting mainstay and undoubtedly the greatest attraction for the spectator in the cricket world. Sussex county cricket teams have been traced back to the 17th century but the county's involvement in Cricket goes back much further than that
After 1901 he could rarely bowl (and then at a much slower pace), and never played a Test innings like that at the Oval in 1902. Jessop found it difficult to tour Australia or South Africa for business reasons - although he did marry an Australian he met on the boat returning from the 1901-2 tour.
Despite a major injury in 1909 keeping him off the field for over two months, Jessop continued to be a major force as a batsman until he relinquished the secretaryship of Gloucestershire in 1912. In his last two seasons he was not always available and showed only modest form, and, at the age of 45, did not play again when cricket resumed after World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
Among his 53 centuries were five of more than 200: 286 out of 335 in 175 minutes for Gloucestershire against Sussex at Brighton, 1903 (he and J. H. Board adding 320 for the sixth wicket); 240 out of 337 in 200 minutes for Gloucestershire v. Sussex at Bristol, 1907; 234 out of 346 in 155 minutes for Gloucestershire v. Somerset at Bristol, 1905; 233 out of 318 in 150 minutes for An England XI v. Yorkshire at Lord's, 1901; and 206 out of 317 in 150 minutes for Gloucestershire v. Nottinghamshire at Trent Bridge, 1904 (cricinfo. com).
Besides his cricketing ability, Jessop was an allround athlete of note. He got his Blue as a hockey goalkeeper, but fell ill and could not play in the University match. He came near getting an Association football Blue and played for The Casuals as half-back or goalkeeper. He also appeared as a wing-threequarter for Gloucester R. F. C. He would have played billiards for Cambridge against Oxford, but was gated and could not take part. In one week he made two breaks of over 150. He could run the 100 yards in 10. 2 seconds and frequently entered for sports meetings. A scratch golfer, he took part in the Amateur Championship in 1914, was Secretary of the Cricketers' Golfing Society and for some years Secretary of the Edgware Club (cricinfo. com).
His son later played for Hampshire, and in later years moved to London where he wrote and was secretary to a golf club. Due to poor health he retired young, but lived to over 80.
TRIBUTES:
Richie Benaud: "Perhaps the best one-day player to have ever lived and never played that form of cricket. Richard "Richie" Benaud OBE (born October 6 1930 in Penrith New South Wales) is an Australian former Cricketer who since his retirement from "
Sir Jack Hobbs: "He was undoubtedly the most consistently fast scorer I have seen. Sir John Berry Hobbs ( 16 December 1882 - 21 December 1963) generally known as Jack Hobbs, played Cricket for Surrey He was a big hitter, too, and it was difficult to bowl a ball from which he could not score. He made me glad that I was not a bowler. Gilbert Jessop certainly drew the crowds, too, even more than Bradman, I should say. " (Wisden Cricketers' Almanack)
Football career
Jessop also played football for Gloucester A.F.C., Cheltenham Town F.C.
External links
- Cricinfo page on Gilbert Jessop
- Test batting
- First-class batting
- Gerald Brodribb, The legend of Gilbert Jessop
- Tribute to Gilbert Jessop lastingtribute. Gloucester City are a semi-professional football club based in Gloucester, Gloucestershire, currently playing in the Southern League. Cheltenham Town Football Club is an English football club playing in League One, the third tier of English football Dr Arthur Gerald Norcott Brodribb ( 21 May 1915 &ndash died 7 October 1999) was a Cricket historian and Archaeologist co. uk
- Frith, 2007, Australia versus England: an Illustrated History of Every Test Match Since 1877, Penguin, London.
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| NAME | Jessop, Gilbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | cricketer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1874-05-19 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1955-05-11 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | Fordington, Dorset |
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