Famous Cricketers No 1 - Jack Hobbs

1906 This was a uniformly successful season, without being a sensational one. Wisden acclaimed Hobbs as “one of the best professional bats of the year” and acknowledged that he had improved out of all knowledge as a fielder. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 31.§ Surrey v Gentlemen of England, Kennington Oval, April 16, 17, 18 (Surrey won by eight wickets) b P.R.May 29 260 7 0 20 1 H.D.Keigwin b 320 not out 85 237-2d† - - - - 174 32. Surrey v Hampshire, Kennington Oval, May 3, 4, 5 (Surrey won by 337 runs) c H.A.W.Bowell b C.P.Mead 79 178† 68 2 run out 69 331† 104 33. Surrey v Northamptonshire, Kennington Oval, May 7, 8, 9 (Surrey won by an innings and 214 runs) lbw b W.East 5 429 136 79 34.§ Surrey v Leicestershire, Kennington Oval, May 10, 11, 12 (Surrey won by an innings and 270 runs) c V.F.S.Crawford b W.W.Odell 79 483 127 86 1 35. Surrey v Essex, Kennington Oval, May 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) c B.Tremlin b C.P.Buckenham 80 287† 429 c H.A.Carpenter b W.Mead 31 164-4 36. Surrey v Hampshire, Aldershot, May 17, 18, 19 (Surrey won by ten wickets) c J.G.Greig b J.Badcock 15 292 114 1 not out 26 56-0† 231 37.§ Surrey v Worcestershire, Worcester, May 21, 22, (23) (Match drawn) b R.D.Burrows 125 395† 218 186-2 38. Surrey v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 24, (25), (26) (Match drawn) c J.Hallows b W.R.Cuttell 2 72 147-6 39. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Kennington Oval, May 28, 29 (Surrey won by ten wickets) lbw b E.G.Dennett 6 140 77 did not bat - 122-0 184 40. Surrey v Cambridge University, Fenner’s, May 31, June 1, 2 (Match drawn) c P.R.May b G.G.Napier 12 217 252 c H.J.Goodwin b P.R.May 7 164-6d 27-1 41. Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 4, 5, 6 (Surrey won by five wickets) c A.W.Hallam b T.G.Wass 0 225 1 0 7 0 174 1 b A.W.Hallam 29 251-5 - - - - 300 42.§ Surrey v Leicestershire, Leicester, June 7, 8, 9 (Surrey won by 110 runs) hit wkt b S.Coe 73 425 331 b T.Jayes 14 218 202 43.§ Surrey v Sussex, Kennington Oval, June 11, 12, 13 (Surrey won by 289 runs) c R.R.Relf b J.Vine 19 415 284 c A.E.Relf b J.Vine 61 222-3 64 44. Surrey v Kent, Kennington Oval, June 14, 15 (Kent won by one wicket) b A.Fielder 2 73 200 c F.H.Huish b A.Fielder 40 254 131-9 45. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Bristol, June 18, 19 (Surrey won by an innings and 22 runs) lbw b E.G.Dennett 5 409 2 1 5 0 242 - - - - 145 46. Surrey v Oxford University, Kennington Oval, June 21, 22, 23 (Surrey won by nine wickets) hit wkt b G.T.Branston 7 483 - - - - 219 c R.V.Buxton b G.T.Branston 22 95-1 7 1 26 0 355 47. Surrey v Derbyshire, Chesterfield, July 2, 3 (Surrey won by ten wickets) c J.Humphries b W.Bestwick15 284 256 did not bat - 30-0 57 11