Famous Cricketers No 1 - Jack Hobbs

scoring 113 against Gloucestershire in less than two hours, 150 against Scotland in 170 minutes, 109 in 100 minutes against Hampshire and 184 in 230 minutes against Worcestershire. In this last innings, he and Hayward made 313 together, and by the end of the season they had made 100 or more for the first wicket 37 times, the record to date. (Holmes and Sutcliffe are now the record-holders with 69 such partnerships) Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 313. Surrey v Northamptonshire, Kennington Oval, May (8), (9), 10 (Match drawn) c J.S.Denton b S.G.Smith 18 58† 43 c J.Seymour b S.G.Smith 0 40-7 72 314.§ Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 12, 13, 14 (Nottinghamshire won by four wickets) b T.G.Wass 11 66 175 1 st T.W.Oates b W.Riley 69 235† 129-6 315. Surrey v Northamptonshire, Northampton, May 15, 16, 17 (Surrey won by five wickets) c W.H.Denton b G.J.Thompson 1 123 140 not out 136 220-5d† 202 316. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Kennington Oval, May 19, 20, 21 (Surrey won by 260 runs) b J.W.W.Nason 113 330† 255 c E.G.Dennett b H.J.Huggins 35 302 117 317. Surrey v Essex, Kennington Oval, May 24, 26, 27 (Surrey won by 74 runs) c F.L.Fane b B.Tremlin 34 333 - - - - 200 c C.D.McIver b J.W.H.T.Douglas 11 126 4 1 12 0 185 318. Surrey v Warwickshire, Kennington Oval, May 29, 30, 31 (Match drawn) c C.Charlesworth b P.Jeeves 88 322 325-9d c E.J.Smith b S.Santall 0 190-5 302-3d 319. Surrey v Hampshire, Kennington Oval, June 2, 3, 4 (Surrey won by an innings and 40 runs) c and b J.A.Newman 12 531 355 1 136 320. Surrey v Middlesex, Lord’s, June 6, 8, 9 (Middlesex won by 79 runs) c N.E.Haig b F.A.Tarrant 28 177 248 1 b F.A.Tarrant 7 231 239 321.§§ Surrey v Scotland, Kennington Oval, June 12, 13, 14 (Surrey won by seven wickets) c H.Turner b R.W.Sievwright 11 142 2 0 8 0 250 not out 150 264-3† - - - - 155 322. Surrey v Hampshire, Southampton, June 16, 17, 18 (Surrey won by 5 runs) c H.A.W.Bowell b J.A.Newman 8 295 323 1 c and b A.S.Kennedy 109 259† 226 1 323.§ Surrey v Essex, Leyton, June 21, 23, 24 (Match drawn) c C.A.G.Russell b B.Tremlin35 307 9 2 30 0 402-8d c J.W.H.T.Douglas b H.Mead 70 128-2† - - - - 192-4d 324. Surrey v Lancashire, Kennington Oval, June 26, 27, 28 (Match drawn) b H.Dean 25 345 558 1 lbw b J.S.Heap 61 219-6 325. Surrey v Sussex, Kennington Oval, June 30, July 1, 2 (Surrey won by an innings and 158 runs) c P.Cartwright b B.H.Holloway 23 501-9d 87 256 326. Surrey v Kent, Blackheath, July 3, 4, 5 (Kent won by six wickets) b F.E.Woolley 17 236 331 1 c J.Seymour b C.Blythe 49 211† 118-4 1 327. Surrey v Lancashire, Old Trafford, July 7, 8, 9 (Surrey won by 108 runs) c J.W.H.Makepeace b H.Dean 3 212 107 b H.Dean 6 122 119 1 328. Players v Gentlemen, Kennington Oval, July 10, 11, 12 (Match drawn) lbw b J.W.H.T.Douglas 16 131 139 31