Jimmy Hobday is a former English international lawn and indoor bowler.

[1] Hobday won two gold medals in the triples at the 1980 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne with Tony Allcock and David Bryant and the team event (Leonard Cup).

[2][3] He represented England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in the fours, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

[4] Hobday was an international from 1977[5] until 1984[6] and won the 1976 Junior Singles Championship at the National Championships.

[7] He bowled for both Wiltshire and Hampshire, the latter for the Boscombe Cliff BC.