Graham Hobbins
{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
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| country = England
| international =
| fullname = Graham Raymond Hobbins
| nickname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1946|2|27|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Eastbourne, Sussex, England
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| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm fast-medium
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| club1 = Oxfordshire
| year1 = 1972–1986
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| columns = 1
| column1 = List A
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 36
| bat avg1 = 12.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 15*
| deliveries1 = 216
| wickets1 = 3
| bowl avg1 = 49.66
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 2/57
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 24 May
| year = 2011
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15138.html Cricinfo
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Graham Raymond Hobbins (born 27 February 1946) is a former English cricketer. Hobbins was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
Biography
He was born in Eastbourne, Sussex, but his family moved to Rhodesia in 1947 where he attended Umtali Boys High School. Hobbins moved back to the UK in 1964, and made his debut for Oxfordshire in the 1972 Minor Counties Championship against Dorset. Hobbins played Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1972 to 1986, which included 36 Minor Counties Championship matches{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34668/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Graham Hobbins|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 May 2011}} and 7 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34668/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Graham Hobbins|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 May 2011}} He made his List A debut against Gloucestershire in the 1972 Gillette Cup. He played 3 further List A matches, the last coming against Worcestershire in the 1986 NatWest Trophy.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34668/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Graham Hobbins|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 May 2011}} In his 4 List A matches, he scored 36 runs at a batting average of 12.00, with a high score of 15.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34668/a_Batting_by_Team.html|title=List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Graham Hobbins|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 May 2011}} With the ball, he took 3 wickets at a bowling average of 49.66, with best figures of 2/57.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34668/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Graham Hobbins|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=24 May 2011}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/15138.html Graham Hobbins] at ESPNcricinfo
- [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/34/34668/34668.html Graham Hobbins] at CricketArchive
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Category:Cricketers from Eastbourne