Famous Cricketers No 1 - Jack Hobbs

W.G.Grace, to complete 50,000 runs in first-class cricket. In the Fifth Test Match, at 46 years 82 days, Hobbs became the oldest man to score a century in Test cricket. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 682.§ MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, October 26, 27, 29, 30 (Match drawn) b J.D.Scott 26 528 524 c D.E.Pritchard b N.L.Williams 64 341-4 683. MCC v Victoria, Melbourne, November 1, 2, 3, 4, (5) (Match drawn) st J.L.Ellis b A.E.V.Hartkopf 51 486 164 135-0 684. MCC v Australian XI, Sydney, November 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 (MCC won by eight wickets) lbw b J.D.Scott 58 357 231 not out 67 118-2† 243 1 685. MCC v Queensland, Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, November 24, 26, 27 (MCC won by an innings and 17 runs) c W.Rowe b P.M.Hornibrook 30 293 116 1 160 686. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Exhibition Ground, Brisbane, November 30, December 1, 3, 4,5 (England won by 675 runs) run out 49 521 122 lbw b C.V.Grimmett 11 342-8d 66 687. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Sydney, December 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20 (England won by eight wickets) c W.A.S.Oldfield b C.V.Grimmett 40 636 253 did not bat - 16-2 397 688.§ ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, December 29, 31, January 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (England won by three wickets) c W.A.S.Oldfield b E.L.a’Beckett 20 417 397 lbw b D.J.Blackie 49 332-7 351 689.§§ MCC v South Australia, Adelaide, January 25, 26, 27, 28, 29 (Match drawn) c D.G.McKay b T.A.Carlton 75 392 178 b D.G.McKay 101 307-5 75-1 690.§ ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, February 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 (England won by 12 runs) c J.Ryder b H.S.T.L.Hendry 74 334 369 c W.A.S.Oldfield b H.S.T.L.Hendry 1 383 336 691. MCC v New South Wales, Sydney, February (15), 16, 17, 18, (19) (Match drawn) b A.G.Fairfax 39 144-4 128 692. ENGLAND v AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, March 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 (Australia won by five wickets) lbw b J.Ryder 142 519 491 c A.G.Fairfax b C.V.Grimmett 65 257 287-5 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Test Matches 5 9 0 451 142 50.11 1 2 - Other matches 6 9 1 511 101 63.87 1 5 2 Season 11 18 1 962 142 56.59 2 7 2 Career 692 1111 88 50890 316* 49.74 160 225 299 1929 Hobbs had to miss a number of games through injury, but had a splendid season, heading the English averages. His stamina is indicated by the fact that, in Championship matches, he scored 50 on 12 occasions and nine times went on to reach a hundred. When he scored 204 against Somerset, he took his career average above the 50 mark for the first time since the sixth match of his first season; he fell 58