Famous Cricketers No 75 - Arthur Haygarth

1850 If Haygarth had considered 1848 a bad year he must have wished 1850 had been abandoned without a ball being bowled. He reached double figures only three times in first-class matches and his only real successes were in second-class games. His top scores were 38, for The Gentlemen of Surrey at The Oval on June 20-22, and 21 for XV Gentlemen and Amateurs of Middlesex on June 3-4 at Lord’s. He played in only nine games and scored 140 runs with an average of 8.75. For the first time, on June 10-11, Haygarth bowled in a first-class match when he bowled one over, perhaps a maiden, but this was not recorded in the scorebook. Haygarth became a member of the Surrey Club in addition to his M.C.C. membership. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 47. Middlesex v Surrey, Lord’s, May 20, 21 (Surrey won by nine wickets) run out 1 99 119 1 c Capt.White b W.Martingell 10 72 54-1 48. Middlesex v Surrey, Kennington Oval, June 6, 7 (Surrey won by six wickets) c T.Lockyer b W.Martingell 1 89 87 c G.Brockwell b W.Martingell 1 72 75-4 49. M.C.C. v Cambridge University, Lord’s, June 10, 11 (Cambridge University won by 167 runs) c F.H.Whymper b H.Vernon 13 133 - - - - 143 b E.W.Blore 1 59 1 ? ? 0 216 1 50. M.C.C. v Sussex, Lord’s, June 24, 25 (Sussex won by seven wickets) b J.Wisden 14 119 119 b J.Wisden 0 58 59-3 51. Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent, Lord’s, July 1 (Gentlemen of England won by an innings and 32 runs) c and b J.F.Fagge 2 108 59 1 17 52. Gentlemen v Players, Lord’s, July 22, 23 (Players won by an innings and 48 runs) b J.Wisden 6 42 148 b J.Wisden 6 58 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct Gentlemen v Players 1 2 0 12 6 6.00 - - M.C.C. 2 4 0 28 14 7.00 - 1 Other matches 3 5 0 15 10 3.00 - 2 Season 6 11 0 55 14 5.00 - 3 Career 52 100 9 941 57 10.34 1 28 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m M.C.C. 1 ? ? 0 - - - - 1851 After three virtually barren years Haygarth’s form returned. He played in a total of 16 matches and scored 406 runs at the respectable average of 15.04. Six times he was the leading scorer in a match and successes in second-class games included an unbeaten 35 in his 100th match on May 19 for a side got up by Lord Stamford, 23 on July 25 for M.C.C., and 22 for Robert Grimston’s eleven on May 12. Despite these improvements he still succumbed to his first pair of spectacles, against Sussex, and then repeated the feat later when appearing for The Young. He batted for nearly three hours whilst scoring 40 in the second innings for The South v The North in July. 12