Hobbs was not primarily interested in scoring runs for their own sake. For much of his career he would go in at the top of a strong Surrey batting order on good Oval pitches. His job was to get ...

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Hobbs’s accomplished and seemingly effortless batting earned him the soubriquet ‘The Master’. He perfected every orthodox stroke and played many of his own. He taught all his partners the art of ...

BLYTHE (Kent), C.P. BUCKENHAM (Essex) The weak point of the team was a lack of class and stability in the batting. Among the fourteen players only Hobbs would at home have been sure of his place ...