Jack Hobbs
  • Published: 15 May 2012
  • ISBN: 9780224083300
  • Imprint: Yellow Jersey
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $29.99
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Jack Hobbs

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The first comprehensive biography of the biggest run scorer that cricket has ever known.

The astonishing feats of Sir Jack Hobbs continue to resonate more than a century after he first played Test cricket. During his long career that stretched from the age of W.G. Grace to the era of Don Bradman, he scored more first-class runs and centuries than any player. Even today, he remains England's greatest run maker in Ashes Tests. He changed the art of batting with his elegant style, and transformed the status of professional cricketers through the strength of his personality.

Born into poverty, Hobbs rose to have a central role in some of Test cricket's most explosive series, but not without controversy and dispute. At last here is a comprehensive biography of Hobbs, giving us fresh insights into every aspect of his story.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2012 CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR.
  • Published: 15 May 2012
  • ISBN: 9780224083300
  • Imprint: Yellow Jersey
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $29.99
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About the author

Leo McKinstry

Leo McKinstry is a freelance journalist and author. He has published two books on current affairs in Britain, Fit to Govern and Turning the Tide, and writes regularly for the Daily Mail and the Spectator. Born in Belfast in 1962, he is a graduate of Cambridge University. He is married and lives in Essex.

Praise for Jack Hobbs

Magnificent... A tender and intriguing picture of the man

Michael Simkins, Mail on Sunday

McKinstry captures the spirit of this thoroughly decent man, and also the spirit of the age where he dominated

Michael Henderson, Spectator

It makes for excellent social history... McKinstry does an excellent job, recounting Hobb's exploits with impressive thoroughness

Simon Wilde, Sunday Times

Impressively researched... McKinstry does an excellent job recounting Hobbes' exploits

Mike Atherton, The Times

Leo McKinstry has written an intelligent, straightforward account of Hobbs, both as man and as cricketer

Robert Cheshire, Literary Review

This learned and wide-ranging book skilfully recreates a vanished world and resuscitates the reputation of one who might well be England's greatest cricketer

Marcus Berkman, Daily Mail