“REAL LINK OF EMPIRE”
HOBBS—A MATCHLESS ARTIST RIVALLING W. G. GRACE. “Hobb9 has won a place in the gallery of modern celebrities as the supreme exponent of the whole range of the batsman's art. He could not be excluded from a list of household names any more than could Bernard Shaw, Charlie Chaplin, or Mr Lloyd George (wrote Mr A. G. Gardiner, noted English journalist, recently). “He is a real link of Empire. In far-away Melbourne workers pour jut in tides to see Hobbs more eagerly than to see a prince of the blood or a victor of the war.
"Hobbs is a perfect and matchless artist. He is so easily the finest cricketer of our generation that it is unnecessary to look for a rival. He would have a place in the world’s best team without a challenge.
"After the death of his father he set out with his bat to help his mother to bring up his elevfen brothers and sisters.
"However bowlers may change their attack, however clever fieldsmen may he, Hobbs’s amazing repertoire of strokes heats them. The world is now watching Hobbs overtaking: Dr W. G. Grace’s mighty achievement. and awaits the dav when Hohhs will plant his flag higher on the pinnacle or centuries..’'
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12181, 4 July 1925, Page 17
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