wickets totals together (i.e. 2876) and give a resulting average of 17.92. The 2006 Playfair Cricket Annual is particularly confusing in this regard, as for Alfred Shaw the wicket total is given as 2026+1, indicating the 1 wicket where the runs conceded is not known. The Cricket Archive totals are 50,980 runs conceded and 2809 wickets taken for an average of 18.15. Many of the differences are because of the exclusion of the 10 matches listed above, in which he took 67 wickets (including all 12 of the wickets taken in innings where the runs conceded are not known). There are, however, a number of instances where the bowling figures differ from those used by Ashley-Cooper. Three of these result in changes to the number of wickets taken: 1874 Sussex v Gloucestershire at County Cricket Ground, Hove 1st innings – Hall b G. F. Grace; not W. G. Grace 1876 Nottinghamshire v Gloucestershire at Trent Bridge 2nd innings – Padley c E. M. Grace b W. G. Grace; not c E. M. Grace b G. F. Grace 1878 Gloucestershire v Lancashire at Clifton College 1st innings – Kershaw c E. M. Grace b W. G. Grace; not c E. M. Grace b G. F. Grace Jack Hobbs The situation with Jack Hobbs is simpler than with Grace and relates to a match for The Reef v MCC during the tour of South Africa in 1909–10; and the tour of India and Ceylon by the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram's team in 1930-31. He did not score a century in the 1909–10 match but scored two in the 1930-31 tour. Given that he was near the end of his career in 1930-31, his centuries total is subject to variation from this time only, when he had already scored over 170 centuries. Therefore, the date of his 100th century is uncontested, while the date on which he passed Grace's record of centuries is only affected by the differing viewpoints regarding Grace’s own centuries total (that is, 124 or 126). The table below summarises Jack Hobbs' career figures with his original totals, as calculated by Wisden, and his alternative totals, that now appear on CricketArchive: The Reef v MCC 1909–10 Playfair and Wisden figures include this match. CricketArchive does not. Hobbs scored 39 and 31. Wisden 1931 (part 1, page 329) states: I have also to acknowledge receipt of a letter from Mr. H.E. Holmes