England's Champion Batsman. [J. B. Hobbs].
Surrey & England XI.
Linen handkerchief. [420 x 420 mm]. Printed headings and five images of Hobbs in various batting poses. Included are his total runs, batting average, highest score, number of innings, times not out and details of all his centuries scored in first class cricket up to the 1922 season. (Slight fading and creasing with light discolouration where it has been folded and three small holes, otherwise in good condition). [ebc8137].
1922.
A commemorative piece in honour of Sir Jack Hobbs' professional cricketing career for England and Surrey. Hobbs is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket with a professional career spanning for twenty-nine years between 1905-1934. In first-class cricket he holds the record for most runs scored (61,237) as well as for most centuries (197). Hobbs was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century alongside Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Viv Richards and Shane Warne.
Surrey & England XI.
Linen handkerchief. [420 x 420 mm]. Printed headings and five images of Hobbs in various batting poses. Included are his total runs, batting average, highest score, number of innings, times not out and details of all his centuries scored in first class cricket up to the 1922 season. (Slight fading and creasing with light discolouration where it has been folded and three small holes, otherwise in good condition). [ebc8137].
1922.
A commemorative piece in honour of Sir Jack Hobbs' professional cricketing career for England and Surrey. Hobbs is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket with a professional career spanning for twenty-nine years between 1905-1934. In first-class cricket he holds the record for most runs scored (61,237) as well as for most centuries (197). Hobbs was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century alongside Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Viv Richards and Shane Warne.
Surrey & England XI.
Linen handkerchief. [420 x 420 mm]. Printed headings and five images of Hobbs in various batting poses. Included are his total runs, batting average, highest score, number of innings, times not out and details of all his centuries scored in first class cricket up to the 1922 season. (Slight fading and creasing with light discolouration where it has been folded and three small holes, otherwise in good condition). [ebc8137].
1922.
A commemorative piece in honour of Sir Jack Hobbs' professional cricketing career for England and Surrey. Hobbs is regarded as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket with a professional career spanning for twenty-nine years between 1905-1934. In first-class cricket he holds the record for most runs scored (61,237) as well as for most centuries (197). Hobbs was named as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century alongside Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Garfield Sobers, Sir Viv Richards and Shane Warne.