CRICKETER HONOURED

Taranaki Daily News, 16 May 1930, Page 4

CRICKETER HONOURED

TRIBUTE TO JACK HOBBS. Jack Hobbs has 1 had a remarkable tribute paid to his genius in the erection of a pavilion, costing £3OOO, at Parker’s Piece, Cambridge, to commemorate his cricket career. The pavilion, the money for which was subscribed by the public, was opened by the Mayor of Cambridge in the presence of Hobbs and his wife. Hobbs is a Cambridgeshire man by birth and it was at Parker’s Piece, where his father was engaged as a professional, that he learnt his cricket. He played some games for Cambridgeshire before qualifying by residence for Surrey 25 years ago. Hobbs has all sorts of records to hie credit, and it is said that he hopes this season to beat Dr. W. G. Grace’s aggregate of 54,896 runs in first-class cricket. He requires about 1500 to accomplish the feat. Grace and Hobbs are' the only cricketers who have scored as many as 50,000 runs, and it is interesting to. note that while Ilobbs has made his in .25 seasons (1905 to 1929, both inclusive), there .was a period of 43 years between Grace’s first appearance in 1865 and his last in 1908. In Grace's day, however, there was not nearly so much cricket as there is now, and runs were harder to get. Hobbs, at 47, is still, a wonderful cricketer, and it seems certain that he will' pass Grace’s aggragate before long.