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	Jack Hobbs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hobbs toured Australia five times during his career and was voted one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Year in 1909.
		As a result, Hobbs is one of only two cricketers named twice as a Cricketer of the Year (the other being Plum Warner, who was also the sole Cricketer of the Year in 1921).
		In 2000, Hobbs was named by a 100-member panel of experts as the third of five Wisden Cricketers of the Century.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jack_Hobbs (436 words)

	Oval World on the Net - Surrey Greats
		As a batsman Jack Hobbs was graceful and correct with good vision, the judgement of length, the gift of timing and positioning as well as remarkable reserves of concentration.
		Hobbs was a brilliant cover fieldsman; often luring batsmen into a false sense of security by allowing them a few singles before making a lightning return to just above the bails where a colleague would be waiting to apply the coup de grace.
		Jack Hobbs’s last season was in 1934, when he averaged 41 in a handful of appearances.
	www.ovalworld-online.com /hobbs.htm (596 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Jack Hobbs
		Hobbs was also a charming man, and the world of cricket rejoiced in 1953 when he became the first professional cricketer to be knighted.
		Hobbs was self-taught and never coached, but he remembered all his life a piece of advice which his father gave him the only time the pair practiced together, on Jesus College Close.
		Hobbs practiced morning, noon and night, and when he knew that he would be busy during the day he rose at six and practiced before he went to work.
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /england/content/player/14225.html (3258 words)

	Paint the town: Architect hopes gallery awakens community to the arts
		And although Hobbs has dabbled in painting for 15 years while working as the executive vice president of RF Walsh, a Boston construction management firm, he didn't transform his passion from a hobby to a business pursuit until 2001.
		All the artists Hobbs features in his gallery are from New England, and their works are mostly of landscapes, seascapes and marine themes, with a smattering of still life paintings.
		Hobbs is currently showing the work of Stefan Pastuhov, a painter from Maine whose scenes have graced the cover of two L.L. Bean catalogs.
	ledger.southofboston.com /articles/2004/04/06/news/news09.txt (748 words)

	Online edition of Sunday Observer - Business
		Hobbs who was born on December 16 in 1882, died on December 22 in 1963 aged 81 years.
		Jack Hobbs was a top rank star for 29 years, from 1905 to 1934.
		Jack Hobbs was - and is - remembered for the sheer artistry of his game.
	www.sundayobserver.lk /2004/05/30/spo12.html (3541 words)

	Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		HOBBS, Sir John Berry ('Jack') [1882-1963: Cambridgeshire, Surrey and England]: A gelatin silver photographic postcard portrait of Jack Hobbs in his prime - presumably posed, but shown full-length walking out to bat with all the trimmings.
		Hobbs' Test career ended in 1930, but he accompanied the 1932-33 English touring team to Australia, describing the tour for 'The Star'.
		To quote Martin-Jenkins: 'A model cricketer in the widest sense, Jack Hobbs is remembered with affection not just as a master batsman but also as a man of natural dignity and charm, who through years of success remained unspoilt and unselfish'.
	www.treloars.com /gallery/cricket/hobbs56484.htm (263 words)

	Arsenal's Move For Hobbs In Doubt - The Football Forum - More Than Just A Game
		Hobbs agent said there are plenty of other prermiership teams interested in him.
		Jack Hobbs' agent, Charles Collymore, has warned Arsenal to accept Lincoln City's compensation package for the defender or the deal is off.
		Hobbs is halfway through a two-year apprenticeship and has been at Sincil Bank since he was nine years old.
	www.thefootballforum.net /forums/index.php?showtopic=54508 (1014 words)

	Pike Press
		Ralph L. Hobbs, 93, formerly of Pleasant Hill, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, at Maple Grove Lodge Nursing Home in Louisiana, Mo. where he was a resident.
		Ralph was preceded in death by his parents, wife, a son, Jim Hobbs in May, 2005, also by four brothers, Kenneth, Leo, Everett and Larry Hobbs and by a nephew, Mark Hobbs.
		Hobbs was held Sunday from 2 - 5 p.m.
	www.zwire.com /site/News.cfm?BRD=606&dept_id=172211&newsid=15462563&PAG=461&rfi=9 (286 words)

	BBC Sport \| In Depth \| The Ashes
		From 1905, when he was capped after his second match for Surrey, to his retirement in 1934, Jack Hobbs was England’s premier batsman.
		Sighting the ball early he moved into the stroke of his choice with an ease and poise that was entirely free of tension.
		It has been said of Hobbs, who earned the sobriquet, ‘The Master’, that he was the most complete English batsman of all time; natural, intuitive and born for his vocation.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport/hi/english/static/in_depth/cricket/2001/ashes/legends/default.stm (413 words)

	Hobbs in gunner join \|\| theimps.tk - Unofficial Lincoln City News and Views
		Hobbs has been the centre of speculation within recent weeks linking him with the Gunners, Manchester United and even briefly, Chelsea, however, he now looks set to be joining the Gunners.
		Hobb's agent, Chris Collymore, has said about the young defender to the Echo, ""It is easy to understand why Jack is regarded as hot property.
		Hobbs at been at Lincoln since the age of 9 but an offer from a Premiership club is something that no player at this level of football, and especially at his age, can reject.
	www.sportnetwork.net /main/s261/st74593.htm?fromrss=1 (873 words)

	Hobbs - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Thomas Hobbes was a british philosopher and author of Leviathan
		The Hobbes character from the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hobbs (93 words)

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		Teenage Liverpool triallist Jack Hobbs has one week to prove himself worthy of a place in Rafael Benitez's future plans.
		It is understood the package Arsenal had previously agreed included the Gunners paying a fee of around £100,000 to the Imps to compensate them for Hobbs' seven-year upbringing at their centre of excellence.
		The deal will be subject to Hobbs suitably impressing Liverpool enough to convince them that he has the potential to become a Barclays Premiership player.
	www.sportinglife.com /football/transfer_centre/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/05/07/01/SOCCER_Liverpool_Hobbs.html (386 words)

	Tseu v. Jeyte
		Wheelwright answered the call and told Hobbs that she did not think that the cottage could accommodate a family of four, but that Hobbs could come and see the property.
		Hobbs went to the property and viewed it with other prospective tenants.
		Jeyte told Hobbs at this time that the property was too small for four persons.
	www.hawaii.gov /hcrc/20489.html (3737 words)

	Radio Ink - The Voice of Radio Revolution
		Hispanic Broadcasting Corp. announced the promotion of Jack Hobbs to senior vice president and director of new business development for network sales and the newly formed HBC Sales Integration Inc. ("HBCSi").
		Hobbs had been vice president and general manager of HBC Radio Network since 1998.
		Prior to joining Univision, from 1981 to 1983, Hobbs was a professional baseball pitcher for the Minnesota Twins and Seattle Mariners, both in the American League.
	www.radioink.com /HeadlineEntry.asp?hid=76451&pt=archive (143 words)

	Bud Hobbs and his Trail Herders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Cecil Hobbs the oldest son was born abt 1917; Jack the youngest son and also a musician was born abt 1928.
		Bill Woods, Jack Trent, Buck Owens, Oscar Whittington, Terry Preston (Ferlon Huskey), Tom Collins and Ray Heath were part of Bud's band during a recording session in June 1953 for Hill and Range Songs, Inc. indicated by a letter from the studio.
		Bud and his younger brother Jack Hobbs were both inducted October 7, 1984 in the Sacramento Western Swing Society Hall of Fame.
	home.earthlink.net /~brea1107 (783 words)

	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Cricketer-Solon -- Oct. 19, 1925 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Recently a group of British voters invited Jack Hobbs, famed professional cricketer, to stand for Parliament.
		Hobbs scored his 126th century, equaling the world's record set by Dr. W.
		Hobbs as a Liberal candidate from one of the divisions of Wandsworth.
	www.time.com /time/archive/printout/0,23657,721289,00.html (178 words)

	Telegraph \| News
		Parkers Piece pitch, the square of Cambridge grass that set Sir Jack Hobbs on a course to become one of the game's greatest players, was sent to seed at a Cambridge city council budget meeting that used a series of small leisure cuts to fund a four per cent growth in spending.
		As well as being the site at which the modern rules of football were created, the pitch launched the career of Sir Jack, the legendary batsman who finished his Surrey and England career with 61,237 first-class runs and 197 centuries.
		Sir Jack, the first cricketer to be knighted, was spotted at the wicket on Parkers Piece in 1901.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/03/07/nhobbs07.xml&sSheet=/news/2005/03/07/ixhome.html (466 words)

	news - LIVERPOOL FC: HOBBS SIGNS ANFIELD CONTRACT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Hobbs agreed to join the Reds earlier this month but has had to wait until yesterday - his seventeenth birthday - before officially putting pen to paper on his deal.
		Hobbs is training at Melwood with the reserve team squad but last week he got the chance to play against the first team squad in a training match.
		Hobbs enjoyed his debut for the reserves in Monday's 3-2 defeat to Everton at Wrexham's Racecourse Ground, where he played in a deep lying midfield role.
	www.noticias.info /asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=91850 (572 words)

	TheFA.com - Hobbs' Hungary call-up
		Telford, who is due to take up a football scholarship in America directly after the tournament, felt the bone snap and the fracture was confirmed at a local hospital in Zalaegerszeg.
		Hobbs flew out to Budapest today and is expected to provide cover, with Danielle Hill stepping up to claim the No.1 jersey.
		Hobbs meanwhile is the older sister of promising Lincoln City 16 year old centre-back Jack Hobbs, who has been having an extended trial recently at Anfield, and who earlier in the Summer was linked with a £500,000 move to Arsenal.
	www.thefa.com /Womens/EnglandYouth/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2005/07/Hobbs_Hungary_Callup.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished?page (239 words)

	Cricinfo - Image Index - Jack Hobbs
		Jack Hobbs toasts the crowd after equalling WG Grace's record of 125 first-class centuries
		Jack Hobbs completes his 100th run at Taunton
		George Gunn and Jack Hobbs open for England in the fourth Test at Melbourne in 1908
	www.icc-cricket.com /india/content/image?object=14225&set=14225 (74 words)

	ESPNsoccernet - England - Hobbs signs professional terms with Liverpool
		Hobbs put pen to paper on a three-year deal at Anfield this morning accompanied by his parents, agent and Imps boss Keith Alexander.
		Hobbs said: 'Antonio Barragan has already made his first-team debut in the Champions League and that's a great inspiration to the rest of us to try and follow.
		Hobbs played only three minutes of first-team football for Lincoln after joining the club from Mayflower Soccer Academy in Boston as a nine-year-old in December 1997.
	soccernet.espn.go.com /news/story?id=339666&cc=5739 (752 words)

	Ink Scrawl: Cricket Strategy: Would you Sacrifice a Pawn to Gain a Rook?
		In a chapter devoted to Jack Hobbes, Fingleton has this to say about Hobbes' fielding and the importance of the Cover-Point fielder:
		[Jack Hobbes was] perhaps the greatest cover-point ever—quick in anticipation, swift to the ball and unerring in his under-the-shoulder return—he had 15 run-outs on his second tour of Australia in 1912.
		Jack Fingleton is a very good writer and his character sketches of various cricketers and descriptions of various matches are excellent.
	inkscrawl.blogspot.com /2005/07/cricket-strategy-would-you-sacrifice.html (1177 words)

	Hobbs finally completes his move \|\| theimps.tk - Unofficial Lincoln City News and Views
		Hobbs was all set to join Arsenal despite being linked with Villa, Bolton, Newcastle and Manchester United but Liverpool snook in after Arsenal couldn't agree a severance package.
		Hobbs today finally completed the saga as he joined the Reds, ironic considering he's apparantly a Manchester United fan.
		Hobbs becomes the first Lincoln player to transfer to a Premiership side since Darren Huckerby left the Imps for Newcastle United in 1996.
	www.sportnetwork.net /main/s261/st79565.htm?fromrss=1 (358 words)

	rediff.com: 'I'm honoured,' says Bradman
		Donald Bradman on Thursday said he is honoured by his selection as Wisden's cricketer of the 20th century.
		In a rare public statement, Bradman said he is also pleased Jack Hobbs was chosen in the poll run by cricketing almanac Wisden to decide the top players of the past century.
		English legend Hobbs polled 30 votes while Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne received 27 votes and Viv Richards, of the West Indies, 25.
	www.rediff.com /sports/2000/apr/06brad.htm (196 words)

	Honolulu Star-Bulletin Editorial Column
		One of those responding was Jack Hobbs, who told Wheelwright that he was looking for a place for himself, his wife, 7-year-old son and 4-year-old daughter.
		The elderly woman told Hobbs she doubted that the cottage would work for him -- since there was only one small bedroom and bath in the Atherton Road unit.
		In the other are Jack Hobbs, his family, and the Hawaii Civil Rights Commission (HCRC).
	starbulletin.com /97/03/14/editorial/chang.html (535 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Although municipalities are not required by the SBA to hire Program Managers, SBA does encourage it by reimbursing a portion of the fee equivalent to two incentive points that the City/Town might not receive otherwise.
		At the session, Jack Hobbs discussed the services provided by a professional Program Manager and the advantages and benefits to the City/Town that employs them.
		Jack is a registered architect and past president of the Associated General Contractors of Massachusetts.
	www.rfwalsh.com /NewRFW.nsf/NewsMasbo!OpenPage (215 words)

	Sport - Spalding Today: News, Sport, Jobs, Property, Cars, Entertainments & More
		Hobbs' agent Charles Collymore told the Lincolnshire Free Press: "Arsenal have not agreed to a particular clause, which is quite important to Lincoln City.
		Hobbs' parents Paul and Petra are due to return from holiday on Tuesday.
		No deal could have been signed while they were away because their son is still a minor and a parent needs to be present.
	www.spaldingtoday.co.uk /ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=830&ArticleID=1068089 (343 words)

	Rediff On The NeT: "I dearly wanted to do well..."
		As I walked out to another wonderful ovation, my mind went back 18 years to Jack Hobbs' final Test on the same ground.
		The fieldsmen gathered round, gave three cheers, wished me good luck (for after-years, of course) and the play was resumed.
		It describes Jack Hobbs' last appearance in 1930 (my first Test at the Oval).
	www.rediff.com /sports/1998/aug/14e.htm (676 words)

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