his 126th first-class century to equal Grace's career record. Percy Fender brought out a wine glass for Hobbs to enjoy a celebratory drink (as he was a teetotaler, it is reputed that the glass contained only ginger ale). As Hobbs had been near to his century the previous evening, the press were present in large numbers. They departed with their stories and on the next day Somerset recovered from a first innings deficit of 192 to leave Surrey needing 183 to win. Andy Sandham, Hobbs' opening partner, was in no hurry: Hobbs reached his 127th century with the winning runs to break Grace's record and give Surrey victory by 10 wickets. Such was the unexpected nature of Somerset's recovery that only a small crowd was there to celebrate. If W. G. Grace's alternative figures are applied, then Hobbs broke Grace's world record (i.e., his 125th century) on 20 July 1925, when he scored 105 for Surrey v Kent at Blackheath. Hobbs still holds the world record as of 2022, and went on to make 197 or 199 career centuries (see details below). Grace's career batting figures The table below summarises W. G. Grace's career figures with his original totals, as calculated by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, and his alternative totals, that now appear on CricketArchive: The "extra" 15 innings took place over 10 matches, listed below with his scores in each innings: 1868 MCC v Gloucestershire at Lord's – 24, 13 1872 Hertfordshire v MCC at Chorley Wood – 0, 75 1872 South v North at The Oval – 1 1873 Hertfordshire v MCC at Chorley Wood – 47,26 1873 MCC v Staffordshire at Lord's – 67 1873 XV of MCC v Gentlemen to Canada Touring Team at Lord's – 152, 5 1873 South v North at The Oval – 37* 1879 Gloucestershire v Somerset at Clifton College – 113 1881 Somerset v Gloucestershire at Lansdown CC, Bath – 80 1881 Gloucestershire v Somerset at Cheltenham College – 15, 30 1916 Wisden totals Grace's "original" totals were compiled by Ashley-Cooper and added to his obituary in the 1916 Wisden. The only comment there on which matches were regarded as first-class is given on page 96: The above figures, which have been checked most carefully throughout, will be found to differ in several instances from those given in the cricket publications of the sixties and seventies; but, considering that the handbooks of