Famous Cricketers No 1 - Jack Hobbs

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 100 50 Ct Championship 10 16 0 766 133 47.87 4 3 3 Other Surrey matches 2 2 0 339 221 119.50 2 - 2 Season 12 18 0 1105 221 61.38 6 3 5 Career 822 1307 106 61136 316* 50.90 198 269 340 1934 Hobbs went out of first-class cricket quietly, deciding that his health would no longer allow him to play. His one century came in George Duckworth’s benefit match, an emotional occasion; and his last innings of all; like his first, totalled 18. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 823. Surrey v MCC, Lord’s, May 2, 4, 5 (Surrey won by an innings and 173 runs) c R.E.S.Wyatt b R.E.C.Butterworth 50 558-7d 142 243 1 824. Surrey v Glamorgan, Kennington Oval, May 5, 7, 8 (Glamorgan won by an innings and 92 runs) c C.C.Smart b J.C.Clay 17 113 352 c J.Mercer b D.E.Davies 62 147† 825. Surrey v Warwickshire, Kennington Oval, May 9, 10, 11 (Match drawn) c J.A.Smart b R.E.S.Wyatt 7 213 215 st J.A.Smart b G.A.E.Paine 37 222-6 826. Surrey v Gloucestershire, Kennington Oval, May 12, 14, 15 (Surrey won by an innings and 75 runs) run out 19 482-7d 140 267 827.§ Surrey v Lancashire, Old Trafford, May 26, 28, 29 (Match drawn) lbw b F.M.Sibbles 116 324† 263 not out 51 149-3† 308-5d 828 Surrey v Australians, Kennington Oval, May 30, June 1 (Match drawn) lbw b C.V.Grimmett 24 475-7d 629 did not bat - 162-2 829. Surrey v Essex, Brentwood, June 2, 3, 4 (Essex won by an innings and 192 runs) b H.D.Read 5 115 570-8d c J.O’Connor b C.T.Ashton 28 263 830. Surrey v Sussex, Horsham, June 13, 14, 15 (Sussex won by nine wickets) c A.F.Wensley b R.S.G.Scott 34 280 452-5d run out 79 224† 54-1 831. Surrey v Somerset, Kennington Oval, June 16, 18, 19 (Match drawn) c A.W.Wellard b P.J.Davey 15 458-6d 209 349-8 832. Surrey v Glamorgan, Cardiff, August 29, 30, 31 (Match drawn) lbw b J.C.Clay 0 220 173 1 148-4 833. England XI v Australians, Folkestone, September 1, 3, 4 (Match drawn) c S.J.McCabe b L.O.B.Fleetwood-Smith 38 279 356-4 834. Players v Gentlemen, Folkestone, September 5, 6, 7 (Gentlemen won by three wickets) b M.J.C.Allom 24 186 258 c H.M.Garland-Wells b H.D.Read 18 280 212-7 68