Peter Howard Hobson (born 7 June 1949) is a former South African cricketer who played a single first-class match for Orange Free State during the 1970–71 season.
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| Full name | Peter Howard Hobson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 June 1949 Maseru, Basutoland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970/71 | Orange Free State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNCricinfo, 10 September 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hobson was born in Maseru, in present-day Lesotho (formerly the British colony of Basutoland).[1] He is one of only a small number of first-class cricketers to be born in that country.[a] Hobson's sole appearance for Orange Free State came in December 1970, against Border during the 1970–71 season of the Currie Cup.[2] In the match, played at East London's Jan Smuts Ground, he opened the bowling with Michael Jones, taking 0/64 from 15 overs in the first innings. While batting, he came in tenth in the batting order in both innings, scoring five runs in the first and 25 in the second. His team lost by six wickets, having followed on.[3]
Notes
edit- ^ Others include Alan Barr, George Boyes, Harry Boyes, Reginald Lagden, Ronald Lagden, Arthur Lewis, and Dennis Piers.
References
edit- ^ Peter Hobson – CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
- ^ First-class matches played by Peter Hobson – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ Border v Orange Free State, Currie Cup 1970/71 (Section B) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
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