Famous Cricketers No 1 - Jack Hobbs

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 3 6 1 155 72* 31.00 - 1 3 Championship 26 46 3 2238 184 52.05 8 11 13 Other Surrey matches 1 2 1 161 150* 161.00 1 - - Other matches 2 3 0 51 27 17.00 - - - Season 32 57 5 2605 164 50.09 9 12 16 Career 344 575 39 21331 205 39.79 49 111 169 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 13 3 42 0 - - - Other Surrey matches 2 0 8 0 - - - Season 15 3 50 0 - - - Career (6-ball) 682.5 131 2201 85 7-56 25.89 2 1913/14 - MCC in South Africa Although he did not score a century in the Test Matches, Hobbs scored 97 and 92 in the series, won by England 4-0, and averaged 63.29. In all matches he scored five centuries with a tour average of 74.45 to further enhance his reputation as one of the world’s leading batsmen. The match at Vogelfontein was played during a riot and details of the match are difficult to establish. After the match the local paper recorded that “the scorebook and the scorer failed to arrive in Johannesburg”. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 345.§ MCC v Western Province, Cape Town, November 8, 10, 11 (Match drawn) b E.A.Budgen 72 199† 1 0 4 0 375 c G.A.L.Hearne b N.Blanckenberg 80 330 346.§§ MCC v Cape Province, Port Elizabeth, November 21, 22 (MCC won by an innings and 132 runs) c G.A.L.Hearne b W.H.Mars 170 385† 158 1 60 1 347. MCC v Border, East London, November 29, December 1, 2 (MCC won by an innings and 132 runs) run out 57 356-8d 121 1 103 348. MCC v Border, King Williamstown, December 3, 4 (Match drawn) c J.P.McDonagh b G.D.Cross 10 209 126 2 did not bat - 163-4d 159 349. MCC v Natal, Pietermaritzburg, December 8, 9, 10 (Match drawn) b J.L.Cox 66 219-7d 124 69-0 350. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Durban, December 13, 15, 16, 17 (England won by an innings and 157 runs) b H.V.Baumgartner 82 450 182 111 1 351. MCC v Transvaal, Johannesburg, December 20, 22, 23 (MCC won by an innings and 29 runs) c R.Beaumont b H.V.Baumgartner 102 427-8d 202 1 196 352. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg, December 26, 27, 29, 30 (England won by an innings and 12 runs) lbw b C.J.Newberry 23 403 160 231 353.§ ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Johannesburg, January 1, 2, 3, 5 (England won by 91 runs) c T.A.Ward b C.D.Dixon 92 238† 151 c A.W.Nourse b C.D.Dixon 41 308 304 33