Famous Cricketers No 1 - Jack Hobbs

1928 1928 was an exceptionally good batting season in which five men scored over 3,000 runs. Hobbs, suffering from a strain, mised nine matches in mid-season; if he had kept fit, he might well have beaten Hayward’s record aggregate of 3518, and could even have scored 4,000. As it was, he topped the first-class averages for the third time. His century at Nottingham was his 150th first-class hundred. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 654. Surrey v MCC, Lord’s, May 2, 3, 4 (Match drawn) c E.H.Hendren b V.W.C.Jupp 51 331 247 1 not out 100 179-3† 313 655. Surrey v Hampshire, Kennington Oval, May 5, 7, 8 (Match drawn) c W.H.Livsey b J.Bailey 58 459 224 1 454-6 656.§ Surrey v Gloucestershire, Kennington Oval, May 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) c W.R.Hammond b P.T.Mills 21 418 544 1 c P.T.Mills b R.A.Sinfield 124 304-6† 657.§ Surrey v West Indians, Kennington Oval, May 12, 14, 15 (Match drawn) c L.N.Constantine b G.N.Francis 13 285 318 not out 123 253-0d† 118-6 658. Surrey v Glamorgan, Kennington Oval, May 16, 17, (18) (Match drawn) c and b F.P.Ryan 70 245 134-3 1 659. Surrey v Essex, Kennington Oval, May 19, 21, (22) (Match drawn) did not bat - - 94-2 660. Surrey v Sussex, Kennington Oval, May (23), (24), 25 (Match drawn) not out 49 82-2† 139-4 661.§ Surrey v Nottinghamshire, Trent Bridge, May 26, 28, 29 (Surrey won by seven wickets) c W.Whysall b A.Staples 114 288† 457 c S.J.Staples b H.Larwood 0 220-3 50 662. Surrey v Leicestershire, Leicester, May 30, 31, June 1 (Match drawn) c T.E.Sidwell b G.Geary 37 316 280 did not bat - 32-0 253 663. Surrey v Lancashire, Old Trafford, June 2, 4, 5 (Match drawn) c G. Duckworth b E.A.McDonald 22 567 588-4 664. Players v Gentlemen, Kennington Oval, June 6, 7, (8) (Match drawn) did not bat - 250-3 421-7d 665. England v The Rest, Lord’s, June 16, 18, 19 (Match drawn) did not bat - 423-6d 307 195-6 666. Surrey v Kent, Blackheath, July 14, 16, 17 (Match drawn) b W.H.Ashdown 1 413 510 not out 69 132-1† 185-4d 1 667.§ Surrey v Northamptonshire, Northampton, July 18, 19, 20 (Surrey won by ten wickets) c S.Stretton b J.S.Nicholson 117 530-9d† 302 did not bat - 12-0 239 668.§ ENGLAND v WEST INDIES, Old Trafford, July 21, 23, 24 (England won by an innings and 30 runs) c W.H.St Hill b C.R.Browne 53 351 206 115 669.§ Surrey v Northamptonshire, Kennington Oval, July 25, 26, 27 (Surrey won by an innings and 88 runs) b J.E.Timms 65 505 215 1 202 670.§ Surrey v Kent, Kennington Oval, July 28, 30, 31 (Surrey won by 14 runs) c G.B.Legge b A.P.Freeman 6 131 283 1 c G.P.Beslee b A.P.Freeman 109 282† 116 56