Gilbert Jessop News

Pre-IPL era — When I became a book-cricket champion

During those days when cricket was still played lightly, the children scored heavily.

11 April 2014 •12:38 PM IST

Ashes 1902: Sherlock Holmes at The Oval

August 13, 1902. The day Gilbert Jessop blew the Australian attack away in an avalanche of audacious hitting, and the Yorkshire pair of George Hirst and Wilfred Rhodes added the final fifteen runs to ensure an English victory by one wicket. Arunabha Sengupta looks at certain claims that Rhodes might not have been at the ground but for the presence of the great Sherlock Holmes.

02 September 2013 •9:05 AM IST

Ashes 1902: Gilbert Jessop blitz turns a near-certain defeat into a sensational win for England at The Oval

August 13, 1902. The day that became immortal in the history of cricket for an incredible finish to an incredible Test match. Arunabha Sengupta recalls the day when Gilbert Jessop launched himself at the Australian attack to score 104 in 77 minutes to turn a certain defeat into a sensational win by one wicket at The Oval.

01 September 2013 •10:03 AM IST

Gilbert Jessop and the centuries in each innings – both before lunch

July 25, 1900. One of the most devastatingly attacking batsmen of all time, Gilbert Jessop, scored a century before lunch for Gloucestershire in just 70 minutes. The very next day, he did so again, this time in 59 minutes. Arunabha Sengupta recalls the two days of carnage that took place against an excellent Yorkshire attack at Bradford.

25 July 2013 •1:11 PM IST

Gilbert Jessop: Greatest hitter of all time?

With his crouching predatory stance, Gilbert Jessop was perhaps the hardest hitter of all times.

19 May 2012 •4:46 PM IST

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery — Part 10 of 10

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery is a tale of detection etched on a vast canvas. A cricket historian plays the role of an expert hired to solve an intriguing problem involving old scoring sheets, fast hundreds, modern-art masterpieces, antique wagon wheels and old Victorian letters.

09 November 2011 •11:46 AM IST

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery — Part 9 of 10

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery is a tale of detection etched on a vast canvas. A cricket historian plays the role of an expert hired to solve an intriguing problem involving old scoring sheets, fast hundreds, modern-art masterpieces, antique wagon wheels and old Victorian letters.

08 November 2011 •10:19 AM IST

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery — Part 8 of 10

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery is a tale of detection etched on a vast canvas. A cricket historian plays the role of an expert hired to solve an intriguing problem involving old scoring sheets, fast hundreds, modern-art masterpieces, antique wagon wheels and old Victorian letters.

07 November 2011 •12:51 PM IST

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery — Part 7 of 10

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery is a tale of detection etched on a vast canvas. A cricket historian plays the role of an expert hired to solve an intriguing problem involving old scoring sheets, fast hundreds, modern-art masterpieces, antique wagon wheels and old Victorian letters.

06 November 2011 •11:31 AM IST

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery — Part 6 of 10

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery is a tale of detection etched on a vast canvas. A cricket historian plays the role of an expert hired to solve an intriguing problem involving old scoring sheets, fast hundreds, modern-art masterpieces, antique wagon wheels and old Victorian letters.

05 November 2011 •1:37 PM IST

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Gerald Brodribb: Forgotten cricket historian

IPL XI: Cricketers who have never played limited-overs cricket

Gilbert Jessop’s harrowing experience

Gilbert Jessop scores two hundreds before lunch in same match

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Pre-IPL era — When I became a book-cricket champion

Ashes 1902: Sherlock Holmes at The Oval

Ashes 1902: Gilbert Jessop blitz turns a near-certain defeat into a sensational win for England at The Oval

Gilbert Jessop and the centuries in each innings – both before lunch

Gilbert Jessop: Greatest hitter of all time?

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery — Part 10 of 10

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery — Part 9 of 10

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery — Part 8 of 10

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery — Part 7 of 10

The Gilbert Jessop Mystery — Part 6 of 10

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