Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-09
INIQVE IN CRICKET ANNALS.
The Phenomenal Hitting Of Jessop
ON the Coming English Eleven.


The composition of tine English cricket
team which will play next Monday against
New York has been changed materially,
according to the latest advices received
from England. The team. as finally made
Id is as follows: p. F. Warner tmanagerD
and J. r. Head Of Middlesex, II. u. g. Lew
ison-Gower (captain) ard II. Il. Chimney
of Surrey, G. l.. Jessop and w. Meg. Hem
mingway of Worcestershire. f. g. Bull of
Essex, A. o. Jones of Nottinghamshire. +.
w. Stocks of Oxford University and Leices-
tershire r. A. Bennett of Hampshire. j. y.
Tonge of Kent and A. ID. Whatman of the
Elton Ramblers. The cricketers
pected to arrive tomorrow night, and they
will devote Saturday to work at the nets
on Staten Island.
The most remarkable player on the Eng
lish team is said to be young Jessop, whose
batting is spoken of as phenomenal. The
Birmingham, Eng. Daily Mail of recent
cate said: 1T is now generally admitted
that there is no limit to what pc can do in
the way of rapid scoring. He has appar-
entity the rare kna * of hitting the ball
far as he likes.
"A delighted spectator calculated at the
Edgbaston round when Jessop was hitting
the Warwickshire bowling ever the pavil-
ion, He does not hit like a man batting; ii
is more like a horse kicking This week
during the match against Lancashire. that
veteran cricketer A. n. Hornby insisted
upon having one Of Jessops mighty drives
measured. 1t was found that the ball had
Travelled 105 yards in the air before reach
ing the ground. We have an idea that the
bail which struck the bell on the top of the
Edebaston pavilion in the match against
Warwick shire would have registered a long
er distance even than that I'm the Lam
cashire match. 1t is possible. of course.
that there have been much bigger hits than
these. such, for example, as chance
crack" to square leg, where the batsman
would receive the advantage of the momen-
tum of the ball from the bowler. But moth
hal i,lp hae I.aan fz,
consistently rapid and sensational hitting
The huge drive is the one stroke he has
cultivated. and when his eye is in there is
no knowing how many times he may bang
the ball out of the ground"
Years ago {. L. Thornton was worshiped
as leyiathan hitter; then IN later years IL
was the Australian giant Bonnor. Rat
neither Thornton nor Bornor in his most
vigorous moments could give an exhibi-
ton like the young Worcestershire phe-
nomenon.
match, when Mr.. Jessop was playing for
the Light against the Dark Blues saw a
display that perfectly startled them. Then
in the middle of June. playing for Cam
bridge against the Philadelphians, ne hit
up 140 in ninety-five minutes. A fort
night ago he again ran into three figures
in a match with the Americans making
l01 for Worcestershire in ninety minutes.
and our Philadelphia visitors were so im-
pressed with the prowess of the young
batsman that they insisted upon making
him presentation In commemora ton of
the two rapid centuries he had hit up
against them.
Those who witnessed the Gloucestershire
VS.. Warwickshire match at the County
Ground will never forget the enthusiasm
OF the crowd the champion 'slogger'
scored his 126 runs I'm ninety-five minutes
But Jessop is something more than a .slog-
ger. He has mastered the act of placing
the ball. and cleaner hitter was never
seen. When well set he Is the despair
of the outsiders. for he smacks the bah
well out OF their reach. and sometimes
out OF the ground altogether. For in
stance, in his 101 yesterday against the
Yorkshire bowling he hit four sixes SIX
teen tours and a three Before lunch he
put together 4S In twenty minutes, includ-
ing a six and MALT a dozen tours. He
afterward made 4s I'm aix consecutive overs
Furnishing the fast bowler Hirst to the
tune Of IS In one over. At one time he
made 46 out of the nfty-two runs added
TO the score. 80 Of these coming from two
consecutive overs.
And to cap everything. he performed
the marvellous feat OF scoring 101 out q
the lis runs complied during his stay. IL
would be superfluous to say that there q
nothing approaching this In the annals
Of cricket At the same time. Il would
be risky to predict that such q wonderful
hitter is not capable OF stiil greater things.
At time when DIR. Grace's maryeious
powers must be beginning 60 wane. II may
new Hon OF G1oucestershire cricket. He
Is only twenty-three, and as strong as a
bull"