Famous Cricketers No 1 - Jack Hobbs

303. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Kennington Oval, August 12, 13 (England won by ten wickets) c and b G.A.Faulkner 68 176† 95 not out 9 14-0† 93 304. Surrey v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, August 15, 16, (17) (Match drawn) c S.Santall b W.Quaife 29 130 220 49-5 305.§ ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Kennington Oval, August 19, 20, 21, 22 (England won by 244 runs) c W.Carkeek b C.G.Macartney 66 245† 111 c G.R.J.Matthews b W.J.Whitty 32 175 65 306. Surrey v Hampshire, Bournemouth, August 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) b J.A.Newman 4 78 77 not out 16 28-0† 68-8d 1 307. Surrey v Essex, Kennington Oval, August 29, 30, 31 (Surrey won by an innings and 91 runs) b H.I.Young 23 248-8d 111 46 308. Surrey and Middlesex v Australians, Kennington Oval, September 2, 3, 4 (Surrey and Middlesex won by ten wickets) b R.B.Minnett 57 396 227 not out 11 15-0† 182 1 309.§ Surrey v Warwickshire, Kennington Oval, September 5, 6, 7 (Surrey won by six wickets) c E.J.Smith b E.F.Field 18 110 146 st E.J.Smith b W.Quaife 79 187-4† 150 1 310. South of England v Australians, Hastings, September 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) hit wkt b J.W.McLaren 0 420 5 1 23 0 362 1 c C.B.Jennings b J.W.McLaren 16 147-5d 11 2 43 1 R.E.Mayne b 138 311. C.B.Fry’s XI v Australians, Bray, September 12, 13, 14 (C.B.Fry’s XI won by eight wickets) c C.G.Macartney b G.R.Hazlitt 25 280 72 not out 42 97-2† 304 1 312. Rest of England v Yorkshire, Kennington Oval, September 16, 17, 18 (Rest of England won by an innings and 122 runs) b A.Drake 13 367 167 78 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 6 9 1 387 107 48.37 1 3 1 Players v Gentlemen 2 4 0 154 94 38.50 - 2 1 Championship 20 31 3 1012 111 36.14 2 5 8 Other Surrey matches 4 7 0 254 81 36.28 - 2 1 Other matches 6 9 2 235 68 33.57 - 2 3 Season 38 60 6 2042 111 37.81 3 14 14 Career 312 518 34 18726 205 38.48 40 99 153 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Test Matches 11 2 36 0 - - - Championship 60 16 158 5 2-10 31.60 - Other Surrey matches 8 0 31 0 - - - Other matches 16 3 66 1 1-43 66.00 - Season 95 21 291 6 2-10 48.50 - Career (6-ball) 667.5 128 2151 85 7-56 25.30 2 1913 Hobbs was now recognised by Wisden as the best batsman in England, although he was second in the averages for 1913, fractionally behind Philip Mead. Hobbs played several brilliant innings in 1913, 30