Sir Jack Hobbs England (Eng)
Batting style	Right-hand bat (RHB)
Bowling type	Right-arm medium (RM)
	Tests	First-class
Matches	61	870
Runs scored	5,410	61,760
Batting average	56.94	50.70
100s/50s	15/28	199/273
Top score	211	316*
Balls bowled	376	5,217
Wickets	1	108
Bowling average	165.00	25.03
5 wickets in innings	0	3
10 wickets in match	0	0
Best bowling	1/19	7/56
Catches/stumpings	17	342
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Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs (born 16 December 1882 in Cambridge, England, died 21 December 1963 in Hove, Sussex) played cricket for Surrey and England. Renowned as a very modest and self-effacing man, he was popularly referred to as "The Master". He is generally regarded as the greatest English batsman of all time. December 16 is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... This article is about Cambridge, England; see also other places called Cambridge. ... December 21 is the 355th day of the year (356th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Template:C20YearInnTopic 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... The town of Hove is a next-door neighbour of Brighton, on the south coast of England. ... Sussex is a traditional county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... Surrey County Cricket Club (SCCC) is an English first-class cricket team, based at The Oval cricket ground in London. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st...

As an opener, he scored more first-class runs (61,237 per Wisden, 61,760 per Cricinfo) and more first-class centuries (197 per Wisden, 199 per Cricinfo) than any other cricketer, records which will never be beaten since modern cricketers now play fewer first class matches. Look up opener in Wiktionary, the free dictionary The term opener could be used to describe several different ideas. ... First-class cricket matches are those of at least three days length in which both teams have two innings each, and which involve either international teams or the highest division of domestic competition. ... In the sport of cricket, a run is the basic unit of scoring. ... Wisden is the main publisher of information on cricket in the United Kingdom. ... Cricinfo is the largest cricket-related website. ...

He scored over 1,000 runs per season in 26 separate seasons. Only four men have ever scored over 1,000 in more seasons.

Over half of his career total of centuries were scored after he had turned 40 years old, and in 1929 he became the oldest man ever, at 46, to score a century in a Test Match. 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He retired in 1934 after playing 61 Test matches between 1908 and 1930, with a career batting average in his first-class cricket of 50.70. This was despite a four year interruption to his career due to the First World War, during which he served in the Royal Flying Corps as an Air Mechanic. 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1930 (MCMXXX) is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ... First-class cricket matches are those of at least three days length in which both teams have two innings each, and which involve either international teams or the highest division of domestic competition. ... Combatants Allies: Serbia, Russia, France, Romania, Belgium, British Empire, United States, Italy, and others Central Powers: Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, Ottoman Empire Casualties Military dead:5 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:8 million Military dead:4 million Civilian dead:3 million Total dead:7 million The First World... The Royal Flying Corps (RFC) was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of World War I. Origin and Early History Formed by Royal Warrant on May 13, 1912, the RFC superseded the Air Battalion of the Royal Engineers. ...

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Hobbs toured Australia five times during his career and was voted one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1909. He was also named as Wisden's only Cricketer of the Year in 1926, when he was 44, the fourth and last time that a single player has been selected. As a result, Hobbs is one of only two cricketers named twice as a Cricketer of the Year (the other being Plum Warner, who was also the sole Cricketer of the Year in 1921). Wisden is the main publisher of information on cricket in the United Kingdom. ... The Wisden Cricketers of the Year award is made annually in the pages of the Wisden Cricketers Almanack yearbook. ... Sir Pelham Francis Warner, affectionately and better known as Plum Warner, or the Grand Old Man of English cricket was born on 2 October 1873 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and died on 30 January 1963 at West Lavington, Sussex. ...

In 2000, Hobbs was named by a 100-member panel of experts as the third of five Wisden Cricketers of the Century. Hobbs received 30 votes, behind Sir Donald Bradman (100 votes) and Sir Garfield Sobers (90 votes). Shane Warne (27 votes) and Sir Viv Richards (25 votes) took the fourth and fifth places. This article is about the year 2000. ... The Wisden Cricketers of the Century are five cricketers who were judged to be the most prominant players of the 20th century, as selected by a 100-member panel of cricket experts appointed by Wisden in 2000. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... Shane Keith Warne (born September 13, 1969 in Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia), is an Australian cricketer, and captain of Hampshire. ... Sir Isaac Vivian Alexander Richards (born St Johns, Antigua on 7 March 1952), better known by his second name, Vivian or, more popularly, Viv Richards is a former West-Indian cricketer. ...

A short memoir, Playing for England!, was published in 1931.

Jack Hobbs' career performance graph.

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External links

• Player Profile: Jack Hobbs from Cricinfo