He was born in
Eastbourne,
Sussex, but his family moved to Rhodesia in 1947 where he attended Umtali Boys High School. Hobbins moved back to the UK in 1964, and made his debut for
Oxfordshire in the 1972
Minor Counties Championship against
Dorset. Hobbins played
Minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire from 1972 to 1986, which included 36 Minor Counties Championship matches and 7
MCCA Knockout Trophy matches. He made his
List A debut against
Gloucestershire in the
1972 Gillette Cup. He played 3 further List A matches, the last coming against
Worcestershire in the
1986 NatWest Trophy. In his 4 List A matches, he scored 36 runs at a
batting average of 12.00, with a high score of 15. With the ball, he took 3 wickets at a
bowling average of 49.66, with best figures of 2/57. ==References==