Famous Cricketers No 1 - Jack Hobbs

354. MCC v Transvaal, Pretoria, January 9, 10, 12 (Match drawn) b F.L.Roux 1 330 245 21-2 355.§ MCC v Transvaal, Vogelfontein, January 14, 15 (Match drawn) c C.Newberry b L.J.Tancred 137 350-4d† 170 356.§ MCC v Griqualand West, Kimberley, January 17, 19 (MCC won by an innings and 101 runs) c N.V.Tapscott b J.G.Whitehead 141 346† 75 1 170 1 357.§ MCC v Transvaal, Johannesburg, January 30, 31, February 2 (Match drawn) c H.B.Stricker b F.L.Roux 10 386 347 not out 131 211-0d† 145-6 1 358.§ ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Durban, February 14, 16, 17, 18 (Match drawn) c A.W.Nourse b J.M.Blanckenberg 64 163† 170 b J.M.Blanckenberg 97 154-5d† 305-9d 359. ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Port Elizabeth, February 27, 28, March 2, 3 (England won by ten wickets) c A.W.Nourse b E.B.Lundie 33 411 193 not out 11 11-0d† 228 360. MCC v Western Province, Cape Town, March 7, 9, 10 (Match drawn) c E.A.Budgen b N.Blanckenberg 40 322 210 2 c P.T.Lewis b N.Blanckenberg 29 177-4d 178 1 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 5 8 1 443 97 63.29 - 4 1 Other matches 11 14 1 1046 170 80.46 5 4 12 Tour 16 22 2 1489 170 74.45 5 8 13 Career 360 597 41 22820 205 41.04 54 119 182 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Other matches 1 0 4 0 - - - Career (6-ball) 683.5 131 2205 85 7-56 25.94 2 1914 It could be argued that Hobbs was at his very best during the 1914 season. He had a much better record, statistically, in several post-war seasons, but it is generally acknowledged that he played more cautiously after the war. In 1914, he played the following spectacular innings:- 100 in 75 minutes and 74 in 75 minutes against Yorkshire. 183 in 170 minutes in the next match, against Warwickshire. 215 in 240 minutes against Essex, the next highest score being 27. 226 in 260 minutes against Nottinghamshire. Surrey’s last two matches were cancelled because of the war, and it is very probable that if these, and the usual Festival matches, had been played, Hobbs would have scored 3000 runs in the season (something he was not to achieve until 1925) and would have scored three more centuries, which would eventually have given him 200 in his career without any argument. Hobbs twice passed his previous highest score, with 215 not out against Essex and 226 against Nottinghamshire. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 361. Surrey v Northamptonshire, Kennington Oval, May 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c W.A.Buswell b W.Wells 19 157 297 b G.J.Thompson 10 263-5 287-5d 362. Surrey v Somerset, Kennington Oval, May 9, 11, 12 (Surrey won by 241 runs) lbw b J.J.Bridges 86 397 270 34