Country: | England |
Fullname: | Neville Augustus Jessopp |
Birth Date: | 31 July 1898 |
Birth Place: | Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England |
Death Place: | Claremont, Cape Province, South Africa |
Batting: | Unknown |
Bowling: | Left-arm fast-medium |
Club1: | Norfolk |
Year1: | 1914 - 1920 |
Club2: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
Year2: | 1919 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 2 |
Bat Avg1: | 1.00 |
100S/50S1: | –/– |
Top Score1: | 2 |
Deliveries1: | 264 |
Wickets1: | 7 |
Bowl Avg1: | 21.42 |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | 3/64 |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 2/– |
Date: | 16 July |
Year: | 2019 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15693.html Cricinfo |
Neville Augustus Jessopp (31 July 1898 – 13 July 1977) was an English first-class cricketer.
Jessopp was born at Sleaford, Lincolnshire and was educated at Harrow School.[1] He left Harrow in 1916 and went straight into the British Army for service in the First World War, serving as a second lieutenant in the Royal Horse Guards. He resigned his commission shortly after the war, on account of ill health. He made two appearances in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1919, playing against the Australian Imperial Forces and Oxford University.[2] He took 7 wickets in these two matches with his left-arm fast-medium bowling, with best figures of 3 for 64.[3] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Jessopp also played minor counties cricket for Norfolk. He debuted before the war in 1914, before making five further appearances in the Minor Counties Championship in 1920.[4] He later emigrated to British East Africa, where he became a farmer.[1] He moved to South Africa later in life, where he died at Claremont, Cape Province.