Barry Hobson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Date of Birth: 22-Nov-1925
Place of Birth: Dunmurry, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 09-Apr-2017
Profession: cricketer
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Barry Hobson
- Barry Sinton Hobson (22 November 1925 – 9 April 2017) was an Irish first-class cricketer and educator. Hobson was born at the Belfast suburb of Dunmurry into a family of Quaker linen manufacturers.
- When he was aged 4, his family moved to Highcliffe in southern England in the hope that the climate would prove beneficial to the health of his asthmatic elder brother.
- He was educated at Taunton School.
- While at Taunton, Hobson suffered from polio which temporarily blinded him and caused paralysis in his arm and leg.
- However, he recovered well enough to be able to play for and captain the school cricket team.
- From Taunton he studied history at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.
- While at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in 1946, making seven appearances.
- In his seven matches, Hobson scored 50 runs with a high score of 16 not out, while with the ball he took 10 wickets with best figures of 3 for 60.
- He played minor counties cricket for Wiltshire between 1950–53, making seven appearances in the Minor Counties Championship.After graduating he took up various teaching posts.
- He was appointed by Jack Meyer as the master in charge of cricket at Millfield School in 1956.
- He taught at the school for the next 35 years, becoming a senior housemaster and rugby coach.
- Outside of his teaching career, Hobson reached the rank of major in the Territorial Army, for which he decorated with the Territorial Decoration.
- He died in April 2017 at Wells, Somerset.
- He was survived by his wife, Rosemary, whom he had married in 1954.
- The couple had three children, with one predeceasing him.
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