Player profile

Full name Peter James Francis Hobbs
Born
Nickname Hobbsy, Arff
Batting style Right-hand lower-order
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Height 5 ft 10 in
Clubs Ewhurst, Cranleigh, Woking, Esher
School XI 1991-1992
OC Career 1993-2004

Batting and fielding averages

	Mat		Inns		NO		HS		Runs		Ave		50		100		Ct		St
OCCC	33		27		4		58		335		14.57		2		0		14		0

Bowling averages

	Overs		Mdns		Runs		Wkts		Ave		Best		5WI		SR		Econ
OCCC	196.3		25		760		36		21.11		4-10		0		32.7		3.9

Notes

Profile

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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