Famous Cricketers No 1 - Jack Hobbs

1909 Hobbs started the season in tremendous form, scoring 919 runs in May. He injured a finger in the Lancashire match at Old Trafford in July and missed several matches. Before injuring his finger he went eleven innings without reaching fifty. He scored his first 200, and played his first Tests at home. He scored 460 runs against Warwickshire in four innings. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 148. Surrey v Northamptonshire, Kennington Oval, May 3, 4 (Surrey won by 106 runs) b A.R.Thompson 12 164 168 b W.East 33 204 94 149.§ Surrey v Hampshire, Kennington Oval, May 6, 7, 8 (Surrey won by an innings and 468 runs) c H.A.W.Bowell b J.Stone 205 742 129 145 150.§ Surrey v Warwickshire, Kennington Oval, May 10, 11, 12 (Surrey won by 171 runs) run out 41 242 155 c F.R.Foster b W.C.Hands 159 400-4d 316 151. Surrey v Australians, Kennington Oval, May 17, 18, 19 (Surrey won by 5 runs) b W.W.Armstrong 44 191† 157 lbw b W.W.Armstrong 4 178 207 152. Surrey v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, May 20, 21, 22 (Match drawn) st E.J.Smith b W.Quaife 160 343† 241 c R.S.Everitt b S.Santall 100 197† 221-4 153.§ Surrey v Essex, Kennington Oval, May 24, 25, (26) (Match drawn) c A.E.Russell b J.W.H.T.Douglas 99 336 62-3 154.§ ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Edgbaston, May 27, 28, 29 (England won by ten wickets) lbw b C.G.Macartney 0 121 74 not out 62 105-0† 151 1 155. Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 31, June 1, 2 (Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 170 runs) c and b T.G.Wass 12 108 446-9d c J.R.Gunn b T.G.Wass 5 168 156. Surrey v Worcestershire, Kennington Oval, June 3, 4, 5 (Surrey won by 159 runs) lbw b E.G.Arnold 12 113 52 1 c and b E.G.Arnold 61 180-6d† 82 157. Surrey v Essex, Leyton, June 7, 8, 9 (Surrey won by eight wickets) c P.A.Perrin b C.P.Mead 10 127 118 1 b J.W.H.T.Douglas 30 183-2 191 158.§ Surrey v Hampshire, Bournemouth, June 10, 11, 12 (Surrey won by ten wickets) b C.B.Llewellyn 162 388† 171 did not bat - 8-0 222 159. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Lord’s, June 14, 15, 16 (Australia won by nine wickets) c H.Carter b F.J.Laver 19 269 350 c and b W.W.Armstrong 9 121 41-1 160. Surrey v Sussex, Horsham, June 17, 18, 19 (Match drawn) c J.H.Vincett b G.Leach 30 187 146 b G.Leach 18 355 291-5 161. Surrey v Lancashire, Kennington Oval, June 21, 22 (Lancashire won by an innings and 35 runs) b H.Dean 41 159† 343 1 b W.Brearley 13 149 162. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Kennington Oval, June (24), (25), 26 (Match drawn) c W.M.Brownlee b E.G.Dennett 31 166-5 65 163. Surrey v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, June 28, 29, 30 (Yorkshire won by 51 runs) b S.Haigh 22 62† 125 b S.Haigh 14 103 91 164. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Headingley, July 1, 2, 3 (Australia won by 126 runs) b C.G.Macartney 12 182 188 b A.Cotter 30 87† 207 19