Famous Cricketers No 1 - Jack Hobbs

c A.H.H.Gilligan b M.W.Tate 32 197 49-2 530. Lord Cowdray’s XI v Rest of England, Hastings, September 22, 24, 25 (Match drawn) c H.Sutcliffe b W.E.Astill 49 274 289 1 b A.E.R.Gilligan 10 166-5d 150-6 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Players v Gentlemen 3 6 0 209 105 34.83 1 - 1 Championship 24 40 3 1516 136 40.97 4 7 7 Other Surrey matches 1 2 1 79 50 79.00 - 1 1 Other matches 6 11 0 283 49 25.73 - - 2 Season 34 59 4 2087 136 37.94 5 8 11 Career 530 874 63 36813 22 45.39 104 171 246 1924 Although Wisden said that “he was as emphatically as ever the best bat in England”, Hobbs was actually second to Sandham in the Surrey averages and also in the English first-class averages; it is a curiosity that, to this point, he had never headed the end-of-season English averages. His 211 against South Africa at Lord’s was his best score in a Test and, at that time, the second-highest ever made for England. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 531. Surrey v Glamorgan, Kennington Oval, May 3, 4, 5 (Surrey won by an innings and 24 runs) c W.E.Bates b T.Arnott 9 343-9d 123 196 1 532. Surrey v South Africans, Kennington Oval, May 10, 12, 13 (Match drawn) c and b J.M.Blanckenburg 12 223 223 not out 79 136-2d† 85-2 533. Surrey v Somerset, Kennington Oval, May 14, 15, 16 (Match drawn) c J.Daniell b J.J.Bridges 11 286 205 not out 61 127-2† 355 534. Surrey v Yorkshire, Headingley, May 17, 19, (20) (Match drawn) c E.R.Wilson b G.G.Macaulay 22 169-7 262 1 535. Surrey v Derbyshire, Derby, May (21), 22, 23 (Surrey won by six wickets) retired hurt 4 185-8d 136 1 did not bat - 90-4 135 536. England v The Rest, Trent Bridge, May 28, 29, 30 (England won by three wickets) c G.Geary b H.Howell 40 270 295 1 c R.K.Tyldesley b G.Geary 15 226-7 199 537. Surrey v Sussex, Kennington Oval, June 4, (5), 6 (Match drawn) c G.R.Cox b M.W.Tate 2 53 165 not out 50 121-3† 538.§ Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, June 7, 9, 10 (Match drawn) not out 203 368-4d† 257-5 1 539.§ ENGLAND v SOUTH AFRICA, Edgbaston, June 14, 16, 17 (England won by an innings and 18 runs) lbw b J.M.Blanckenburg 76 438† 30 390 2 540. Surrey v Derbyshire, Kennington Oval, June 18, 19 (Surrey won by an innings and 34 runs) not out 118 284-9d† 4 2 5 0 130 - - - - 120 541. Surrey v Oxford University, Kennington Oval, June 21, 23, 24 (Oxford University won by four wickets) c J.V.Richardson b H.W.F.Franklin 45 388-9d 311 did not bat - 238-7d 316-6 47