Famous Cricketers No 75 - Arthur Haygarth

SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Gentlemen v Players 1 2 0 27 26 13.50 - 1 M.C.C. 4 8 0 31 12 3.87 - 1 Other matches 2 4 1 55 39* 18.33 - 1 Season 7 14 1 113 39* 8.69 - 3 Career 18 35 5 299 42* 9.96 - 11 1847 Haygarth scored more first-class runs during this season than he would ever do again and his average was his highest to date. If tabulated averages had been published at this time he would have appeared in fourth place behind Nicholas Felix, Robert Grimston and Fuller Pilch. All but two of his games feature below, but one of those two, on May 24, was for a side got up by Earl Winterton and was his 50th appearance at Lord’s. He was top score in five innings most notably for the Gentlemen of England against Kent, where he was so in both innings, and he scored his first half century. In this match the Kent team conceded 41 extras during the Gentlemen of England’s second innings. Haygarth was now well known for his patience at the wicket and his innings for M.C.C. v Cambridge Town, which took 2¾ hours, emphasised this. His stubbornness also assisted M.C.C. to defeat Surrey at The Oval after being forced to follow on. This was the first instance of this occurring in a first-class match. Incidentally in his second innings for M.C.C. v Surrey on May 31-June 2 he was bowled by the fifth ball of an over when the umpire miscounted and forgot to call ‘over’. It is interesting to note that in the game of June 21-23 Haygarth ran 307 runs in the match whilst in the next game he hit four successive fours off C.Arnold. In all matches he scored 363 runs with an average of 17.29. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 19. M.C.C. v Surrey, Lord’s, May 31, June 1, 2 (M.C.C. won by four wickets) c D.Day b G.Brockwell 0 148 48 b J.Bayley 14 93-6 192 20. M.C.C. v Sussex, Lord’s, June 7, 8, 9 (Sussex won by 108 runs) b J.Wisden 2 107 189 1 c C.J.Hammond b J.Dean 23 116 142 21. M.C.C. v Cambridge University, Lord’s, June 10, 11 (Cambridge University won by six wickets) c W.J.Hammersley b J.M.Lee 7 84 77 b J.M.Lee 17 113 121-4 22. M.C.C. v The North, Lord’s, June 14, 15, 16 (M.C.C. won by five wickets) st C.Brown b W.Clarke 2 116 91 lbw b W.Clarke 20 48-5 72 1 23. Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent, Lord’s, June 21, 22, 23 (Gentlemen of England won by 156 runs) b A.R.Harenc 57 181 183 not out 36 225 67 24. M.C.C. v Bury and Suffolk, Lord’s, July 5, 6 (M.C.C. won by 136 runs) b C.Arnold 26 173 136 c W.G.Blake b W.Clarke 0 140 41 25. M.C.C. v Cambridge Town Club, Lord’s, July 12, 13 (M.C.C. won by 67 runs) b C.Arnold 18 104 102 b A.J.D.Diver 47 130 65 1 26. Gentlemen v Players, Lord’s, July 19, 20, 21 (Players won by 147 runs) c J.Guy b W.Clarke 2 79 126 c F.Pilch b W.Clarke 0 48 148 27. M.C.C. v Surrey, Kennington Oval, July 22, 23, 24 (M.C.C. won by 9 runs) run out 16 91 197 1 c W.D.Baker b T.Sherman 34 216 101 1 28. England v Kent, Lord’s, July 26, 27 (Kent won by seven wickets) b A.Mynn 5 82 115 1 lbw b W.R.Hillyer 13 94 62-3 9