1957. He died in hospital in August 1960 after a heart attack. Sir Jack Hobbs, who played alongside him and served with him on the Surrey committee, wrote that Holmes "was a true sportsman and a lovable fellow", "a fine attacking batsman" who "set a fine personal example in the field" and "would not tolerate anything shady or underhanded". References External links 1905 births 1960 deaths English cricketers England Test cricketers People educated at Malvern College Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Oxford University cricketers Surrey cricketers Surrey cricket captains Wisden Cricketers of the Year Free Foresters cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers North v South cricketers Gentlemen cricketers British Army personnel of World War II Royal Artillery officers English cricket administrators Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross (United States) Harlequins cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers English stockbrokers L. H. Tennyson's XI cricket team English cricketers of 1919 to 1945 H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers D. R. Jardine's XI cricketers 20th-century English businesspeople Marylebone Cricket Club Australian Touring Team cricketers