Jack Hobbs

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Jack Hobbs was a legendary English cricketer, widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in the history of the sport.

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instanceOf cricketer
human
award Wisden Cricketer of the Year NERFINISHED
battingAverageInTests 56.94
battingStyle right-handed
bowlingStyle right-arm medium
burialPlace Surrey NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1882-12-16
dateOfDeath 1963-12-21
era Golden Age of Cricket NERFINISHED
firstClassCenturies 199
firstClassRuns 61760
formedOpeningPartnershipWith Herbert Sutcliffe NERFINISHED
fullName Sir John Berry Hobbs NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName John NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix Sir
isConsidered one of the greatest opening batsmen of all time
lastTestAgainst Australia NERFINISHED
lastTestDate 1930-08-16
lastTestFor England NERFINISHED
nationality English
nickname Jack NERFINISHED
occupation cricket coach
professional cricketer
sports shop proprietor
placeOfBirth Cambridge NERFINISHED
Cambridgeshire NERFINISHED
England
placeOfDeath England
Hove NERFINISHED
Sussex NERFINISHED
playedFor England cricket team NERFINISHED
Surrey County Cricket Club NERFINISHED
playedIn Ashes series NERFINISHED
positionPlayed opening batsman
role opening batsman
sport cricket
teammateOf Herbert Sutcliffe NERFINISHED
testCapNumber England Test cap 152
testCenturies 15
testDebutAgainst Australia NERFINISHED
testDebutDate 1908-01-01
testDebutFor England NERFINISHED
testMatchesPlayed 61
testRuns 5410
wasKnightedIn 1953
wasNamedWisdenCricketerOfTheYearIn 1909

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