Robert Jesson

Robert Wilfred Fairey Jesson (17 June 1886 – 22 February 1917) was an English cricketer, a right-handed batsman who was a leg break bowler.[1]

Jesson was born in Southampton, the son of solicitor's clerk Robert Jesson. He was educated at Sherborne School, where he represented the school cricket team, and at Merton College, Oxford.[2]

Jesson made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Warwickshire in the 1907 County Championship. On debut he took his maiden and only first-class five wicket haul, with figures of 5/42.[3] He played for Hampshire in 11 first-class matches in 1907.

In 1908 Jesson played a single first-class match for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club. He also played two first-class matches for Hampshire against Warwickshire and Northamptonshire that year.

Two years later in 1910, Jesson played his final first-class match for Hampshire against Sussex. In his first-class career, he scored 198 runs at a batting average of 8.25, with a high score of 38. With the ball he took 21 wickets at a bowling average of 25.14. All of his wickets came for Hampshire.

Jesson served in the First World War with the Wiltshire Regiment, where he held the rank of Major.[2] Jesson fought in the Mesopotamian campaign, where on 22 February 1917 he was killed in action.[4]