Lord and Master: why Sir Jack Hobbs loved to go to watch Ted Dexter
Former Guardian sportswriter Paul Weaver visits Sir Jack Hobbs' last resting place in Hove and tells the poignant story of how watching Sussex's Dexter...
30.03.26, 11:51 Updated 06.05.26, 19:20 5 Minute Read
Paul Weaver
England’s greatest batsman, and Surrey legend, spent his last years living on the south coast and watching one of Sussex's greats.
There was a time, indeed, at Hove, when the master came to pay homage to the lord. 'The Master', for that was the title given by his awe-struck contemporaries, was Sir Jack Hobbs, popularly considered to be the finest batsman in the history of English cricket.
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