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Full name | Neville Augustus Jessopp | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 31 July 1898 Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 13 July 1977 Claremont, Cape Province, South Africa | (aged 78)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1914–1920 | Norfolk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1919 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 16 July 2019 |
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. [2] He resigned his commission shortly after the war, on account of ill health. [3] He made two appearances in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1919, playing against the Australian Imperial Forces and Oxford University. [4] He took 7 wickets in these two matches with his left-arm fast-medium bowling, with best figures of 3 for 64. [5] 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. [6] 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.