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TRIBUTES TO HOBBS. IX CABLE-PRESS ASSOCIATION— COPYRIGHT. LONDON, Aug. 18. Newspaper editorials pay tribute to Hobbs. . The Daily Telegraph, recalling, nine centuries against Australia, save: “Great mother of batsman though she is, even Australia lias none superior to Jack Hobbs, not even Victor Truniper himself. It is not merely that lie is an artist at-the Avickets, not merely that he has such perfect strokes. It is rather that he lias all the strokes. When Hobbs bats there is batsniunship.” . . ITI . , The Morning Post, reviewing Hofibs qualities, says finally: “He is a complete sportsman and Ave, at any rate, should no feel that' cosmos would be--ome chaos if he captained England* in a test match.” ALL OVER. LONDON, Aug. 18. Sharpe, the Lancashire cricket captain, AA'ho refused to play again at Old, Tr afford, being annoyed at tlie crowd’s behaviour in the match against Middlesex, when he missed a catch off the first, hall, has withdrawn his decision.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 19 August 1925, Page 3
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