What were some hobbies JRR Tolkien had?

His main hobby was probably the creation of Middle Earth and its languages and it occupied most of the time not taken by his work as a University lecturer and his family.

Beyond his writing his main hobby was probably painting and drawing, Some editions of "The Hobbit" use his illustrations and more of his drawings are published in a book called "JRR Tolkien Artist and Illustrator" ed,Hammond and Scull.

He played Rugby Football at school.