Famous Cricketers No 1 - Jack Hobbs

449.§ MCC Australian XI v C.I.Thornton’s XI, Scarborough, September 9, 10, 11 (MCC Australian XI won by an innings and 5 runs) c A.Dolphin b J.W.Hitch 85 456 261 190 450.§ Rest of England v Middlesex, Kennington Oval, September 13, 14, 15 (Match drawn) c E.H.Hendren b G.T.S.Stevens 215 603-5d† 318 192-4 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 3 5 0 292 138 58.40 1 1 1 Championship 23 38 2 1935 169 53.75 8 9 6 Other Surrey matches 1 2 0 41 41 20.50 - - 1 Other matches 4 5 0 559 215 111.80 2 3 2 Season 31 50 2 2827 215 58.90 11 13 10 Career 450 744 51 30938 226 44.64 84 152 217 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 66 19 141 15 5-21 9.40 1 Other Surrey matches 18 2 60 2 1-19 30.00 - Season 84 21 201 17 5-21 11.82 1 Career (6-ball) 809.5 161 2511 106 7-56 23.68 3 1920/21 - MCC in Australia Hobbs was by some way the most successful England batsman in the Tests, and fell away a little under the strain, but his two Test centuries were splendid even by his standards. At Melbourne he batted for three and a half hours, scoring his last 69 in 96 minutes on a sticky wicket; and at Adelaide he made his 123 out of 183-3 in two and a half hours, when England went in to score 490 to win. He gave only one chance (at 110) in the two innings. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 451.§ MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, November 5, 6, 8, 9 (MCC won by an innings and 55 runs) c C.E.Pellew b A.Smith 48 512-5d 118 1 339 1 452.§ MCC v Victoria, Melbourne, November 12, 13, (15), 16 (MCC won by an innings and 59 runs) c A.G.Moyes b J.Ryder 131 418-3d† 274 85 453.§ MCC v New South Wales, Sydney, November 19, 20, 22 (New South Wales won by six wickets) c and b A.A.Mailey 112 236† - - - - 153 c H.S.T.L.Hendry b J.M.Gregory 5 250 4 0 8 0 335-4 454. MCC v Australian XI, Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, December 3, 4, 6 (Match drawn) c J.A.McAndrew b W.L.Trennery 26 357 255 182-5 455. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, December 17, 18, 20, 21, 22 (Australia won by 377 runs) b J.M.Gregory 49 190 267 1 lbw b W.W.Armstrong 59 281† 581 456. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, December 31, January 1, 3, 4 (Australia won by an innings and 91 runs) c J.Ryder b J.M.Gregory 122 251† 499 b C.Kellaway 20 157 457.§ ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, January 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20 (Australia won by 119 runs) c and b A.A.Mailey 18 447 - - - - 354 b J.M.Gregory 123 370† 7 2 16 0 582 41