John Hobbs (cricketer, born 1935)
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| Full name | John Anthony David Hobbs | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 November 1935 Aigburth, Lancashire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 21 June 2021 (aged 85) Stamford, Lincolnshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1956–1958 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 13 May 2020 | |||||||||||||||
John Anthony David Hobbs (30 November 1935 – 21 June 2021) was an English first-class cricketer.[1]
Hobbs was born in the Liverpool suburb of Aigburth in November 1935. He later studied at St Peter's College at the University of Oxford.[1] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Gloucestershire at Oxford in 1956. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1958, making a total of eighteen appearances.[2] Hobbs scored a total of 614 runs in his eighteen matches, at an average of 17.54. He passed fifty on three occasions, with a high score of 95 against Middlesex in 1975.[3][4]
References
- ^ a b "Player profile: John Hobbs". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Hobbs". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Hobbs". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "Oxford University v Middlesex, 1957". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 May 2020.