EQUAL CRICKET RECORDS
COLLECTORS OF CENTURIES
WILD EXCITEMENT AT TAUNTON.
(UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPtRIOHT.)
(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.)
(Received 18th August, 11 a.m.)
LONDON, 17th August,
J. B. Hobbs, the Surrey batsman, has equalled the late Dr. W. G. Grace's record of 126 centuries, having scored thirteen of them during the present sea-
A record crowd at Taunton gave Hobbs a splendid ovation as he emerged from the pavilion in the Surrey-Somerset match. His score on Saturday evening was 91 unfinished, and there was wild enthusiasm when, after a few minutes' play, he completed the century. After adding .another .single, however, he was caught by M. L. Hill off J. J. Bridges. Comparison between Hobbs and Grace is of little avail, for these two great batsmen made their runs under very different conditions. This is Hobbs's thirteenth century this season, equalling the record jointly held by C. B. Fry,- T. Hayward, and E. Hendren.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 42, 18 August 1925, Page 5
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154EQUAL CRICKET RECORDS Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 42, 18 August 1925, Page 5
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