Famous Cricketers No 1 - Jack Hobbs

1909/10 - MCC in South Africa Hobbs had a splendid tour of South Africa, taking the place as England’s leading batsman that he was to retain for almost 20 years. He hardly ever failed; he was unwell in the Third Test, suffering from heatstroke, and although he played brilliantly in the second innings to win the match for England, he may well have been suffering a reaction to this when he failed in the Fourth Test. In this series, Hobbs and Rhodes began their very successful opening partnership in Tests, with stands of 159, 94 and 221; they had opened in two games at Scarborough in the 1909 season. Hobbs scored 39 and 31 against The Reef at Vogelfontein in a match that was for many years reckoned as part of his first-class record, but the South African authorities have definitely ruled that it was not first-class. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 179.§ MCC v Western Province, Cape Town, December 4, 5, 6 (MCC won by an innings and 133 runs) c F.J.V.Hopley b J.G.Whitehead 114 351† 9 3 16 0 67 - - - - 151 180. MCC v Transvaal, Johannesburg, December 27, 28, 29, 30 (Transvaal won by 308 runs) lbw b C.E.Floquet 13 196 2 0 9 1 R.O.Schwarz c F.E.Woolley 260 c G.A.Faulkner b S.J.Snooke31 177 16.2 2 70 2 G.C.White c H.Strudwick 421-9d J.H.Sinclair b 181.§ ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg, January 1, 3, 4, 5 (South Africa won by 19 runs) c T.Campbell b A.E.E.Vogler 89 310† 6 1 20 0 208 b A.E.E.Vogler 35 224 6 2 16 0 345 182.§ MCC v Natal, Durban, January 8,10,11 (Match drawn) lbw b S.V.Samuelson 163 331† 7 0 22 0 250 9 1 31 2 C.O.C.Pearse st N.C.Tufnell 162-8 H.W.Taylor b 183. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Durban, January 21, 22, 24, 25, 26 (South Africa won by 95 runs) b J.H.Sinclair 53 199† 5 2 5 0 199 1 c A.E.E.Vogler b G.A.Faulkner 70 252† 2 0 5 0 347 184. MCC v Border, East London, January 29, 31, February 1 (MCC won by four wickets) lbw b N.O.Norton 27 137 6 2 9 1 N.O.Norton b 144 c A.E.Cook b G.P.D.Hartigan 70 159† - - - - 151 1 185.§ MCC v Eastern Province, Port Elizabeth, February 11, 12 (MCC won by an innings and 139 runs) st H.B.Londt b J.G.Paterson 79 263† 45 79 1 186. MCC v Transvaal, Johannesburg, February 18, 19, 21 (MCC won by 50 runs) lbw b R.O.Schwarz 33 291 270 1 st T.A.Ward b G.C.White 55 271 242 187. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg, February 26, 28, March 1, 2 (England won by three wickets) b G.A.Faulkner 11 322 305 not out 93 221-7† 237 188. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town, March 7, 8, 9 (South Africa won by four wickets) c G.A.Faulkner b A.E.E.Vogler 1 203 207 c T.Campbell b S.J.Snooke 0 178 175-6 189.§ ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Cape Town, March 11, 12, 14 (England won by nine wickets) hit wkt b N.O.Norton 187 417† 4 0 11 0 103 did not bat - 16-1 8 3 19 1 R.O.Schwarz c M.C.Bird 327 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 5 9 1 539 187 67.37 1 4 1 Other matches 6 9 0 585 163 65.00 2 3 3 Tour 11 18 1 1124 187 66.11 3 7 4 Career 189 317 21 11383 205 38.45 27 56 78 21