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| Picture No | 10218975 |
| Date | 1925 |
| Description | J.B. Hobbs scores the run to make his 126th Century, 1926. |
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Photograph of John Berry Hobbs scoring the single run which took him to his 126th first-class century, during a match between Surrey and Somerset, 1926. Hobbs, the Surrey, MCC and England batsman, had thus equalled the record number of first-class centuries, which had been set by the legendary W.G. Grace. Hobbs finished his career with 199 first-class centuries at an average of 50.70.
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| Source | Illustrated London News. 1925. . |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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