Sir John Berry 'Jack' Hobbs (16 December 1882 - 21 December 1963) played cricket for Surrey and England. Renowned as a very modest and self-effacing man, he was popularly referred to as "The Master". He was the only English cricketer and the only opening batsman to be selected as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the (20th) Century. Wikipedia
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