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Pete Hobbs promised so much when he first appeared. He immediately earmarked himself as OCCC material when he collided with - and knocked over - a sightscreen while playing for the School on Speech Day, and later that season on debut bowled as fast a spell as has been seen in recent years. He headed south for Southampton University, and while there his body was replaced with that of a geriatric. What we got back bore little resemblance to the fit young man of three years earlier. As a batsman, Hobbs is best against slow or gentle medium-pace, and he is a powerful hitter of the ball. Bring on anything quick and a swish followed by a jaunty walk back to the pavilion is guaranteed. As a bowler he can still be genuinely fast - as he showed in Australia - but the occasions he turns up at a ground without a tweak or a hangover are rare, and he has mumbled about becoming a spinner. In the field, his lithe appearance hints at him being a dashing cover-point or a nonchalantly athletic slip. The reality is that he chugs around like a decrepit country parson, and hiding him usually presents the captain with his first dilemma of the day. Off the field, Hobbsy comes to life. Tales of his exploits when younger are legend, although a couple of swift ales can sink him, and he is usually destroyed in the early skirmished of any tour or cricket week. Despite all this, he is a wonderful man to have around, if only because he makes the genuinely older players feel better about themselves. It was a great loss to the club (if not local females) when Hobbs was deported to Australia in 2004.
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Personal Details
Full name Peter James Francis Hobbs
Born Unsure
Height 5ft 10ins
Nickname Hobbsy, Arff
Batting right-hand middle-order
Bowling right-arm fast
Clubs Ewhurst, Cranleigh, Woking, Esher
OC Career 1993 to 2004
School 1st XI 1991 to 1992
(Captain 1995)
Tours Australia 2003, Hong Kong 2005
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Career Statistics
Batting
| M |
I |
No |
HS |
Runs |
Av |
50 |
100 |
C |
St |
| 33 |
27 |
4 |
58 |
335 |
14.57 |
2 |
0 |
14 |
0 |
Bowling
| O |
M |
R |
W |
Av |
BB |
5WI |
SR |
ER |
| 196.3 |
25 |
760 |
36 |
21.11 |
4-10 |
0 |
32.7 |
3.9 |
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