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Edward Jobson

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Edward Jobson
Cricket information
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 208
Batting average 14.85
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 43
Balls bowled 6
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 November 2022

Edward Russell Jobson (20 March 1855 – 20 April 1909) was an English first-class cricketer who played on a few occasions for Worcestershire between 1900 and 1903. He had previously played for the county in the late 19th century, before its elevation to the County Championship, as well as making one first-class appearance for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

He played a 12-a-side game for Stourbridge Cricket Club against Gentlemen of Canada in 1880, a match in which one JS Gillean took five wickets in successive balls for the Canadians. [1] Jobson played minor cricket for Worcestershire through the 1880s and 1890s, averaging more than 45 in 1886. [2] In August 1891 he made his first-class debut when he was chosen to open the batting for MCC against Somerset at Taunton, top-scoring in the second innings with 43.

Jobson made his Championship debut for Worcestershire against Sussex in May 1900, hitting 4 and 17 at the top of the order. Between then and 1903 he appeared six more times for the county, but never made a substantial score at this level despite having hit centuries for Worcestershire in minor-cricket days. [2]

Jobson was born in Wall Heath, Staffordshire. He died at the age of 54 at Holbeache House, also Wall Heath, after undergoing an operation for appendicitis.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Stourbridge v Gentlemen of Canada in 1880". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 April 2007.
  2. ^ a b c Obituary, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1910.
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