Chasing Jessop (Simon Wilde)

Bloomsbury presents Chasing Jessop by Simon Wilde, read by David Thorpe 'A forensic tour de force' VIC MARCS 'Engrossing . Illuminating detective work into the astonishing statistics of English cricket's most enduring record' ANDY ZALTZMAN 'A fascinating and definitive account of one of cricket's most fabled innings' JOHN ETHERIDGE A compelling new look at the untold story behind one of English sport's oldest records.

Author:: Simon Wilde
Narrator:: David Thorpe
Content:: Unabridged (chapter list)
Length:: 8:55 h
Format:: MP3 download (402 MB)
Language:: English
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Publishing (2025)
Genre:: Sports & Recreation
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01 - 001 OpeningCredits	0:09	1 MB
02 - 002 Dedication	0:05	1 MB
03 - 003 Introduction	20:08	15 MB
04 - 004 Part1Chapter1	32:25	25 MB
05 - 005 Chapter2	24:43	19 MB
06 - 006 Chapter3	34:47	25 MB
07 - 007 Chapter4	16:51	12 MB
08 - 008 Chapter5	19:44	14 MB
09 - 009 Chapter6	28:22	21 MB
10 - 010 Chapter7	27:48	21 MB
11 - 011 Part2Chapter8	21:04	15 MB
12 - 012 Chapter9	25:50	18 MB
13 - 013 Chapter10	6:27	4 MB
14 - 014 Chapter11	10:40	7 MB
15 - 015 Chapter12	12:05	9 MB
16 - 016 Chapter13	13:35	10 MB
17 - 017 Chapter14	19:33	14 MB
18 - 018 Chapter15	22:00	16 MB
19 - 019 Chapter16	19:42	14 MB
20 - 020 Chapter17	21:03	15 MB
21 - 021 Chapter18	21:12	15 MB
22 - 022 Chapter19	26:11	19 MB
23 - 023 Part3Chapter20	18:09	13 MB
24 - 024 Chapter21	22:58	16 MB
25 - 025 Chapter22	20:44	15 MB
26 - 026 Chapter23	20:32	15 MB
27 - 027 Chapter24	10:21	7 MB
28 - 028 Chapter25	16:34	12 MB
29 - 029 EndCredits	0:54	1 MB

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Summary

Bloomsbury presents Chasing Jessop by Simon Wilde, read by David Thorpe

'A forensic tour de force' VIC MARCS
'Engrossing ... Illuminating detective work into the astonishing statistics of English cricket's most enduring record' ANDY ZALTZMAN
'A fascinating and definitive account of one of cricket's most fabled innings' JOHN ETHERIDGE

A compelling new look at the untold story behind one of English sport's oldest records.
In 1902, playing for England against Australia at The Oval, Gilbert Jessop played arguably the greatest innings in the history of cricket, turning what looked like certain defeat into what became an incredible victory, and doing so at such speed that he set a record for the fastest Test century for England that still stands more than 1,000 Test matches later.
Even Ben Stokes's team of Bazballers have been unable to put in the shade a cricketer for whom all-out attack was the only way to play long before T20 cricket was invented. But the precise circumstances of Jessop's astonishing performance have long been shrouded in mystery. The original scorebooks are missing and the accepted truth that he took 76 balls to reach his century has rarely been scrutinised.
Drawing on an array of long-forgotten contemporary sources, Simon Wilde forensically reconstructs one of England's most famous matches in an attempt to establish what really happened. How many balls did Jessop face? Might he have actually got to his hundred even faster? Jessop's relentless big hitting and fast scoring were revolutionary for cricket, but chimed with a speed-obsessed era which saw the start of the modern Olympics, the first mile-a-minute trains and the first 100mph cars, and the public adored him. As C.B. Fry said of him: 'No man has ever made cricket so dramatic an entertainment.'
© 2025 Simon, Wilde

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