Edward Jobson

Who was Edward Jobson?

Edward Russell Jobson was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket 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 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. Jobson played minor cricket for Worcestershire through the 1880s and 1890s, averaging more than 45 in 1886. 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.

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.