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A Rare signed postcard photo of Jack Hobbs 1925
A lovely photo clearly signed in Black ink 'J B Hobbs' dated on reverse August 1925
Hobbs, Jack
English cricketer who scored more first-class runs and centuries than any other player. An orthodox right-handed opening batsman, known as 'the Master', the first professional cricketer to be knighted (1953). A career record of 61,237 runs included 197 centuries, 98 of them scored after his 40th birthday.
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Career highlights
Test cricket (1908�30)
appearances: 61; runs: 5,140; average: 56.94; not out: 7; 100s: 15; best; 211 (v. South Africa 1924); catches: 17
All first-class cricket (1905�34)
appearances: 834; runs: 61,760; average: 50.70; not out: 107; 100s: 197; best: 316 not out (v. Middlesex 1926); catches: 340
Awards
Wisden Cricketer of the Year
1909, 1926
He was knighted in 1953 and was voted the third best cricketer of the 20th century by the Wisden Cricketers Almanack in April 2000.
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