- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJohn Berry Hobbs
- Nickname
- The Master
- Jack Hobbs was born on December 16, 1882 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He died on December 21, 1963 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Unusual ability to score on wet and sticky wickets deemed unsuitable for batting.
- Textbook batting technique.
- Ranked #5 in ESPN's Legends of Cricket series. He happens to be the highest placed English cricketer in the countdown.
- In 2001, Hobbs was ranked by Wisden as the 6th greatest test batsman of all-time.
- Undisputedly the greatest opening batsman in the history of cricket.
- Scored 199 First Class hundreds, including 15 test hundreds.
- One of Wisden's 5 "Cricketers of the 20th century". He is the only Englishman in the list.
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