Famous Cricketers No 1 - Jack Hobbs

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 2 4 1 222 154* 55.50 1 - - Championship 28 47 1 1618 127 35.17 2 9 30 Other Surrey matches 3 4 0 184 93 46.00 - 2 3 Other matches 3 5 1 352 117* 84.00 1 2 1 Season 36 60 3 2376 154* 41.68 4 13 34 Career 263 440 27 15741 205 38.11 34 83 131 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 97.1 16 340 15 4-34 22.66 - Other Surrey matches 47.2 12 115 10 7-56 11.50 1 Other matches 17.4 1 68 3 2-21 22.66 - Season 162.1 29 523 28 7-56 18.67 1 Career (6-ball) 554.4 104 1798 74 7-56 24.29 2 1911/12 - MCC in Australia Hobbs went out to Australia regarded as one of England’s leading batsmen; he returned established as the best batsman in the world, with the possible exception of Victor Trumper. His aggregate of 662 was then the best in an England-Australia series (Faulkner had made 732 for South Africa against Australia a year earlier) and he and Rhodes shared a record stand of 323 for the first wicket in the Fourth Test. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 264. MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, November 10, 11, 13, 14 (MCC won by an innings and 194 runs) c H.P.Kirkwood b R.B.Rees 36 563 - - - - 141 1 1 0 4 0 228 265.§ MCC v Victoria, Melbourne, November 17, 18, 20, 21 (MCC won by 49 runs) c F.J.Laver b T.J.Matthews 21 318 274 c T.J.Matthews b W.W.Armstrong 88 234† 229 266. MCC v New South Wales, Sydney, November 24, (25), 27, (28) (Match drawn) c W.Bardsley b B.J.Folkard 15 238 198-8 267. MCC v Queensland, Brisbane, December 1, 2, 4 (MCC won by seven wickets) c A.Marshal b J.W.McLaren 26 275 290 b J.W.McLaren 14 140-3 124 268. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, December 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21 (Australia won by 146 runs) c C.Hill b W.J.Whitty 63 318 447 1 c H.Carter b A.Cotter 22 291 308 269. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, December 30, January 1, 2, 3 (England won by eight wickets) c H.Carter b A.Cotter 6 265 184 1 not out 126 219-2† 299 1 270.§ ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, January 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 (England won by seven wickets) c H.V.Hordern b R.B.Minnett 187 501† 133 lbw b H.V.Hordern 3 112-3 476 1 271. MCC v Victoria, Melbourne, February 2, 3, 5, 6 (MCC won by eight wickets) b N.E.Brown 29 467 8 0 33 1 E.L.Spencer c E.J.Smith 195 did not bat - 43-2 - - - - 314 1 272.§ ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, February 9, 10, 12, 13 (England won by an innings and 225 runs) c H.Carter b H.V.Hordern 178 589 191 173 273. MCC v New South Wales, Sydney, February 16, 17, 19, 20 (MCC won by eight wickets) c G.R.Hazlitt b C.Kellaway 38 315 9.1 3 25 4 E.P.Barbour c F.E.Woolley 106 1 J.D.Scott c and b H.L.Collins c H.Strudwick C.Kellaway b 27