Considered by many - according to The Cricketer and Wisden - to be "the finest allrounder of his day",[1] Cobbett was a right-handed batsman, occasional wicket-keeper and right arm slow roundarm bowler.
[2] Cobbett began as an MCC ground staff bowler who occasionally stood as umpire.
He started a playing career with Middlesex in 1826, as Surrey - the county of his birth - featured little in first-class cricket at the time.
But it was for the MCC between 1830 and 1841, that he made most of his appearances: 47 in all, scoring 78 runs and taking 311 wickets.
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