Hobbs: "He was undoubtedly the most consistently fast scorer I have seen. 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." Football career Jessop also played football for Gloucester A.F.C. and Cheltenham Town F.C. References External links Test batting First-class batting Gerald Brodribb, The legend of Gilbert Jessop Frith, 2007, Australia versus England: an Illustrated History of Every Test Match Since 1877, Penguin, London. 1874 births 1955 deaths English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge English cricketers of 1890 to 1918 England Test cricketers Gloucestershire cricket captains Gloucestershire cricketers London County cricketers Wisden Cricketers of the Year Sportspeople from Cheltenham People educated at Pate's Grammar School Cheltenham Town F.C. players Gloucester City A.F.C. players Gentlemen of the South cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen cricketers North v South cricketers Midland Counties cricketers West of England cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers Association football goalkeepers C. I. Thornton's XI cricketers English footballers Lord Londesborough's XI cricketers P. F. Warner's XI cricketers A. J. Webbe's XI cricketers