Jack Hobbs (cricketer)
| Player information | ||||
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| Surname | John Berry Hobbs | |||
| Born | Cambridge , England December 16, 1882 |
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| Died | December 21, 1963, aged 81, Hove , England |
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| Nickname | The Master | |||
| Batting style | Right-handed (RHB) | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm medium pace (RM) | |||
| Player role | Opening batsman | |||
| International games | ||||
| National team | England | |||
| Test debut (cap 157) | January 1, 1908 v Australia | |||
| Last test | August 16, 1930 v Australia | |||
| National teams | ||||
| Years | team | |||
| 1905-1934 | Surrey | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Game form | test | First-class | ||
| Games | 61 | 834 | ||
| Runs (total) | 5.410 | 61,760 | ||
| Batting average | 56.94 | 50.70 | ||
| 100s / 50s | 15/28 | 199/273 | ||
| Highscore | 211 | 316 * | ||
| Balls | 376 | 5,217 | ||
| Wickets | 1 | 108 | ||
| Bowling Average | 165.00 | 25.03 | ||
| 5 wickets in innings | - | 3 | ||
| 10 wickets in play | - | 0 | ||
| Best bowling performance | 1/19 | 7/56 | ||
| Catches / stumpings | 17 / - | 342 / - | ||
| Source: CricketArchive , April 11, 2015 | ||||
Sir John Berry Hobbs (nickname: " The Master ") (born December 16, 1882 in Cambridge , † December 21, 1963 in Hove , East Sussex ), better known as Jack Hobbs, was an English cricketer. In 2000 he was voted one of the top five cricketers of the 20th century by a jury from the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack .
Career
Jack Hobbs, son of John Cooper Hobbs and Florence Mathilda Berry, took part in 834 first-class cricket matches between 1905 and 1934 , in which he scored a total of 61,760 runs (50.7 runs per wicket) and a total of 197 centuries (at least 100 runs). Most of the encounters in first-class cricket Hobbs completed for the Surrey County Cricket Club . To date, no other player has scored more runs for Surrey than Hobbs (43554). During his career, he played a total of 61 matches in test cricket for England . Hobbs first played in a test in January 1908 against Australia in Melbourne. His last test was in London in August 1930, also against Australia. In his 61 test runs, Jack Hobbs scored a total of 5410 runs (56.94 runs per wicket). He is one of only eight English players who averaged more than 50 runs per wicket in the test cricket. He reached the peak of his performance when he was well older than 40. Hobbs scored half of his Centuries (at least 100 runs) after he was 40 years old. In 1929, at the age of 46, he took a Test Century. This makes him the oldest player who managed to do this to this day.
Honors
Jack Hobbs was named one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year twice (1909 and 1926). In 1926 he was the only player to be voted Wisden Cricketers of the Year. He is still one of only four players to receive this honor alongside WG Grace, John Wisden and Plum Warner. Besides Plum Warner, he is the only player to have been voted twice. John Berry Hobbs was knighted in 1953 for his services to the sport of cricket. On August 23, 2009, Jack Hobbs was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
Web links
Footnotes
- ↑ Five cricketers of the century . Cricinfo. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ↑ a b c d Sir Jack Hobbs . Cricinfo. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ^ Most runs for Surrey . Cricket Archives. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ^ Wisden's Five Cricketers of the Year . Cricinfo. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- ^ Hutton, Hobbs and Laker inducted into ICC Hall of Fame . The Times of India. August 23, 2009. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hobbs, Jack |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hobbs, John Berry; The Master (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English cricketer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 1963 |
| Place of death | Hove , East Sussex |