Phil Mead
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Charles Phillip Mead was an English professional cricketer who played in seventeen Test matches for England and had an extensive domestic career with Hampshire in English county cricket, spanning 31 y
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Phil Mead (second from right) walks out to field in his final Test match, played at Brisbane in 1928
During the mid-1930s, Mead was the landlord of The Bear Cross public house in Winton (pictured in 2010)
Jack Hobbs
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Sir John Berry Hobbs was an English professional cricketer who played for Surrey from 1905 to 1934 and for England in 61 Test matches between 1908 and 1930. Known as "The Master", he is widely regarde
Phil Mead
…in all five Test matches, but had success only in the Third Test at Adelaide, where he shared in a partnership of 63 runs for the fifth wicket with Jack Hobbs, with Mead's contribution being 46 runs. Writing in The Cricketer in 1990, Peter Coulson considered Mead's contributions to England's 4–1 series victory…
Hobbs in about 1920
Hobbs regularly practised cricket on Parker's Piece in his youth.
Hobbs in his early career
Hobbs (right) opening the batting with Tom Hayward during the County Championship match between Surrey and Warwickshire at the Oval on 2 May 1910