IT TOOK A LOT TO FLUSTER THE MAN they called The Master. But on March 9, 1929, more than 20 years into his Test career, JACK HOBBS was finally stumped by a Canadian actress in the dining room of a Melbourne hotel.
The England and Surrey batsman had returned to the Hotel Windsor with his wife after making 142 in what he had announced would be his final Test match. As they entered the restaurant, the band struck up “See, The Conquering Hero Comes!”, followed by “For He’s A Jolly Good Fellow”, after which
