Jesse Boot Cricketer
Jesse Boot (18 March 1860 – 1 March 1940) was an English cricketer who played first class cricket for Derbyshire in 1895. Boot was born in South Normanton, the son of Joseph Boot, a miner, and his wife Ann. Boot himself was also a coal miner. He appeared for Derbyshire in the 1885 season when he kept wicket in a match against Staffordshire which did not count as first class. His only first class appearance for Derbyshire came late the 1895 season, against Leicestershire in August. A middle-order batsman, he scored a duck in his first innings and just four runs in the next. He did not play for the side again. Boot was a right-handed batsman and scored 4 runs in his first class career. He was also a wicket-keeper, but not in the first class game. Boot died in Chesterfield just short of 80 years.