Famous Cricketers No 1 - Jack Hobbs

Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i Championship 5 0 11 0 - - - Career (6-ball) 828.5 164 2557 106 7-56 24.12 3 1923 1923 was a wet season, and only Hendren, Mead and George Challenor averaged more than 50. Hobbs had a poor season, by his own standards. His 116 at Bath was his hundredth century - he was the third man after Grace and Hayward to reach this landmark - and no doubt, even in 1923, there was a good deal of ballyhoo which may well have upset him. He appeared in one very remarkable match at Scarborough when a powerful scratch team were left to make only 28 to beat the West Indians. Hobbs, Stevens, Ernest Tyldesley, Rhodes, Chapman and Mann were all out before Douglas and Fender pulled Leveson-Gower’s team through, taking the score from 19 to 31. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 497. Surrey v Glamorgan, Cardiff, May 2, 3, 4 (Surrey won by ten wickets) c J.Stone b T.Arnott 1 158 168 not out 32 46-0† 35 498.§ Surrey v Somerset, Bath, May 5, 7, 8 (Surrey won by 10 runs) c J.Daniell b E.Robson 0 91 140 not out 116 216-5† 157 499. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Bristol, May 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) st H.Smith b J.G.W.T.Bessant 39 174 359 b C.W.L.Parker 5 292-7 213-6d 500. Surrey v Hampshire, Kennington Oval, May 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) c G.S.Boyes b A.S.Kennedy 2 470-6d 255-9 501. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Kennington Oval, May 16, 17, 18 (Surrey won by eight wickets) c J.G.W.T.Bessant b P.T.Mills 67 227 64 not out 50 90-2† 252 502. Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 19, 21, 22 (Nottinghamshire won by an innings and 107 runs) c W.A.Flint b F.Barratt 0 157 375 1 c G.Gunn b T.L.Richmond 31 111† 503. Surrey v Leicestershire, Leicester, May 23, 24, 25 (Match drawn) c S.Coe b J.H.King 43 283-6d 222 182-8 504. Surrey v Sussex, Kennington Oval, May 26, 28, (29) (Match drawn) c G.B.Street b A.E.R.Gilligan 11 258 127 b H.E.Roberts 21 119 7-0 505.§ Surrey v Glamorgan, Kennington Oval, May 30, 31 (Surrey won by nine wickets) c J.C.Clay b F.P.Ryan 75 283-8d 148 did not bat - 40-1 174 1 506. Surrey v Essex, Leyton, June 2, 4, 5 (Surrey won by an innings and 59 runs) lbw b J.W.H.T.Douglas 0 390 107 224 1 507. Surrey v Leicestershire, Kennington Oval, June 6,7 (Surrey won by an innings and 85 runs) c and b W.E.Astill 21 215 64 66 508. Surrey v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June 9, 11, 12 (Match drawn) c R.K.Tyldesley b C.H.Parkin 16 121 229 lbw b R.K.Tyldesley 55 323-7d 81-2 509. Surrey v Warwickshire, Edgbaston, June 13, 14 (Surrey won by 45 runs) run out 46 103† 128 b H.Howell 47 190† 120 1 510. Surrey v Yorkshire, Bramall Lane, June 16, 18, 19 (Yorkshire won by 25 runs) c A.Dolphin b R.Kilner 78 224† 278 b G.G.Macaulay 19 158 129 1 45