Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Football & Sporting Memorabilia

To be held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
31st October, 1st & 2nd November 2025

John Berry ‘Jack’ Hobbs. Surrey & England 1905-1934. Handwritten single page letter from Hobbs on his ‘Jack Hobbs Ltd.’ official business letterhead in Fleet Street, London, dated 15th April 1931. Writing to a ‘Mr. Marshall’ Hobbs has ‘selected the bat you ordered of me in Dublin last week and we send it herewith’, hoping he will be pleased with it and that it brings ‘the best of luck & many big scores’. He closes by saying how much he enjoyed his recent visit to Dublin. Nicely signed ‘J.B. Hobbs’. Folds, otherwise in very good condition.
Jack Hobbs bought his Fleet Street cricket and sportswear shop from the proceeds of his benefit match of 1919. He and his son, ‘Young Jack’, ran it for some fifty years before relocating to Islington. Hobbs marketed ‘The Oval’ bat from 1922, which was so popular it was still his leading brand in 1939.

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