Hobbs Collection

Cricket at Blackheath
Kent host Surrey at the Rectory Field ground, Blackheath. Famous Surrey batsman Jack Hobbs is at the crease, and has been permitted to have a runner (seen at square leg)

Jack Hobbs (Sir John Berry Hobbs), English cricketer (1882-1963)

Jack Hobbs / Cricketer
Jack Hobbs (Sir John Berry Hobbs), English cricketer (1882-1963)

Jack Hobbs by Smithson Broadhead
Jack Hobbs (Sir John Berry Hobbs), English cricketer (1882-1963), in a painting by W. Smithson Broadhead, specially done for The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News in 1925

Madame Tussauds waxwork museum in London, wax models of sports people W.G. Grace, W.T. Alden, J.B. Hobbs and Suzanne Lenglen c.1910s

Fire at Arding & Hobbs, Clapham Junction
A fire at the Arding & Hobbs Department Store, Clapham Junction on December 20th, 1909. The store was rebuilt and is still open to this day

Some Sunny personalities at the London Hippodrome
Caricature by Nerman of the various performers appearing in the popular comedy musical, Sunny at the London Hippodrome in 1926. Top left Nancy Lovat, top right, Elsie Randolph

Jack Hobbs and Herbert Sutcliffe, cricketers, coming out to bat. They formed an opening partnership for the England team between 1924 and 1930. circa 1920s

The Master Jack Hobbs - Surrey and England Cricketer
The Master Jack Hobbs (1882-1963) - Surrey and England Cricketer - advertising card for Force cricket bats. Universally regarded by experts as one of the greatest batsmen in the entire history of

Temperance message Jack Hobbs

Temperance message Jack Hobbs early 1900s

Sporting leaders during the reign of King George V
Sporting leaders during the first 25 years of the reign of King George V: Lord Burghley, Wakefield, Earl of Lonsdale, Bradman, Hobbs. Date: 1935

Jack Hobbs sweeps ball to long leg
English cricketer Jack Hobbs sweeping a ball to long leg Date: circa 1930s

Hobbs and Rhodes, Australian cricketers
Cricketers Hobbs and Rhodes who established a first wicket Test record of 323 tour of Australia Date: 1912

Lifeboat Brownies to the rescue Date: 1910

Geese invade the field where the Brownies are sowing seeds Date: 1910

Brownies of the Sea Maiden celebrate their return home Date: 1910

Cover design, Busy Brownies by George E Hobbs, 1910 Date: 1910

Brownies waving farewell to the Brownie crew of Sea Maiden
Brownies waving farewell to the Brownie crew of the Sea Maiden Tea Clipper Date: 1910

Brownies ploughing the fields Date: 1910

Brownies in the Bakery Date: 1910

Brownies harvesting the cornfields Date: 1910

Brownies at the Harbour to Greet Tea Clipper Sea Maiden
Brownies at the Harbour to Greet the Tea Clipper Sea Maiden Date: 1910

Brownie Grocer crashes into the baker's Blackberry Pie Date: 1910

Caricatures of players from the English cricket team, by Kerwin Maegraith. Including Tate, Bryan, Whysall, Hendren, Hobbs, Woolley, Sutcliffe, Kilner, Tyldesley, Freeman, Sandham, Chapman, Strudwick

A scene from Sunny at the London Hippodrome (1926) with Nancy Lovet, Jack Buchanan, Binnie Hale, Jack Hobbs and Maidie Hope Date: 1926

A scene from The Constant Nymph at New Theatre, London (1926) with Helen Spencer, Edna Best, Elissi Landi, Cathleen Newbitt and Cecil Parker Date: 1926

Jack Hobbs hitting a boundary for Surrey against Yorkshire
Jack Hobbs, legendary cricketer, hitting a boundary in a Surrey versus Yorkshire match. circa 1920s

Jack Hobbs (Sir John Berry Hobbs), English cricketer (1882-1963). Page from The Tatler, 1924. Date: 1924

British Empire Exhibition - Jack Hobbs modelled in butter
British Empire Exhibition, Wembley - Jack Hobbs modeled in butter! Having seen the success of the Prince of Wales in butter in the Canadian Pavilion in the 1924 season of the British Empire

The Kent Paper Works, Maidstone, Kent, England. Owner - Frederick Hobbs Date: 1910

Gentlemen v Players, 200th Cricket Eleven
Photographs of the eleven Players in the 200th Gentlemen and Players cricket match. The match was played on an annual basis, the tradition having started in 1806

The Scarborough Cricket Festival, 1908
Photographs of the Scarborough Cricket Festival which featured a match between Lord Londesboroughs England XI vs. the MCC Australian XI, September 1908

Dancing at Theatres - Gertrude Lawrence and Robert Hobbs in Rats at the Vaudeville Theatre and Mariamna Karelina, A Russian danseuse in Battling Butler at the Adelhi Theatre, London, 1923 Date: 1923

Woman police officer outside Peel House, London
A woman police officer (Sergeant Hobbs) posing for her photo outside Peel House, a Met Police training centre in London, in September 1951. Date: 1951

Three women police officers in a garden
Three women police officers (Iris Walker, Connie Hobbs(?) and Joan Strangleman) posing for their photo in a garden. They are in the Bather style uniform which was worn from 1946 to 1968

Smithson Broadhead with his portrait of Jack Hobbs
With his portrait of cricketer, Jack Hobbs (see picture 11806473 for actual painting), the artist W. Smithson Broadhead who had been specially commissioned by the Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News

Sir Jack Hobbs - English cricketer
Sir John Berry " Jack" Hobbs (18821963) - English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches between 1908 and 1930. Date: 1926

Silhouette portrait of Jack Hobbs, English cricketer
Silhouette portrait of Jack Hobbs (1882-1963), legendary English cricketer. Date: circa 1920s

LCC-LFB Fire damage at Arding & Hobbs, SW London
Firefighters working at the scene of a major fire at Arding & Hobbs Department Store, Clapham, in December 1909. Surprisingly, they have dispensed with their brass helmets

Rosa Mrs Foley Hobbs, of the Rosaceae family. Seen here in close-up, showing one flower with creamy white petals edged with pale pink

J. B. Hobbs Batting, 1924
Photograph of Jack Berry Hobbs (1882-1963), the Surrey and England batsman, in attacking pose, during the 1924 season. Hobbs was the first cricketer to surpass W.G

J. B. Hobbs scores the run to make his 126th Century, 1926
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

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