A FAMOUS CRICKETER
JACK HOBBS—A LAW UNTO HIMSELF.
It has been argued that Hobbs, the famous English batsman, who is included in the team to tour Australia, is no longer the "Jack Hobbs we used to know, ' says "Onlooker," in the "Daily Chronicle." He got tired at Nottingham, says the writer, but so would many men batting practically a day and a half, but he never lost his command over the bowling. ■ He was the master all through, even though, when tired, he had to push the ball for singles on occasions.
Hobbs is still, and always will be, a law unto himself; a delight for the crowd to watch, but impossible as a model for a young cricketer—never dealW.g with the same ball twice in the same way, always watching the fielders as well as the bowlers, and placing the ball where they are not. Still, the despair of those who have to bowl to him, and the inspiration of those who have the foi-tnhe to bat with liim, Hobbs will, in live years' time, be what ho has been the 'last fifteen or more years in cricket—a man who'makes the best bowlers look easy, and takes runs with the same impartiality from all bowlers—good, bad, or indifferent.
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 83, 4 October 1924, Page 19
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209A FAMOUS CRICKETER Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 83, 4 October 1924, Page 19
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