Famous Cricketers No 75 - Arthur Haygarth

c H.Marshall b W.J.S.Hammersley 7 85 156 1 90. M.C.C. v Oxford University, Lord’s, July 6, 7 (M.C.C. won by 45 runs) lbw b C.D.B.Marsham 10 174 136 b A.Payne 15 75 68 1 91. Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent, Lord’s, July 13, 14 (Gentlemen of England won by 136 runs) c and b A.Mynn 6 94 93 c E.H.L.Willes b A.Mynn 21 185 50 92. Gentlemen v Players, Lord’s, July 17, 18 (Players won by nine wickets) b J.Grundy 6 95 148 b J.Grundy 6 71 20-1 93. M.C.C. v Kent, Lord’s, July 24, 25 (M.C.C. won by six wickets) b E.Willsher 12 157 104 c W.Pilch b J.Lefeaver 5 98-4 150 1 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. 4 7 0 90 28 12.85 - 2 Other matches 3 6 0 50 21 8.33 - 5 Season 8 15 0 152 28 10.13 - 7 Career 93 174 11 1853 57 11.36 3 48 1855 In terms of substantial scores and his average this was Haygarth’s best season to date. With regard to consistency the performances would not be bettered although the seasons of 1857 and 1858 could be said to run this claim close. In these three seasons he was very near to the top of the batting averages and in 1855 was fourth behind George Parr, John Wisden and William Caffyn. Not only did he make the highest score of his career in the very first match but he just missed a half century on three occasions. The M.C.C. presented Haygarth with a new bat for his innings against the Surrey side although he was unfortunately dismissed first ball in the very next game which was his 150th appearance at Lord’s. He again appeared for the “United” against a Cambridge side but again failed to produce a long innings. One of his long scores was 46 for M.C.C. v Rugby School at Lord’s on June 28-29. In all he played 10 games scoring 338 runs at an average of 19.88. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 94. M.C.C. v Surrey Club and County Gentlemen, Lord’s, June 4, 5 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 14 runs) b T.Sherman 97 193 56 123 95. M.C.C. v Sussex, Lord’s, June 11, 12 (Sussex won by 16 runs) b J.Dean 0 88 104 1 c J.Dean b J.Wisden 14 94 94 96.Gentlemen of M.C.C. v Gentlemen of England, Lord’s, June 25, 26 (Gentlrmen of M.C.C. won by 50 runs) c H.T.Frere b C.D.B.Marsham 21 167 90 b C.D.B.Marsham 0 75 102 1 97. M.C.C. v Oxford University, Lord’s, July 5, 6 (M.C.C. won by 5 runs) c H.G.J.Veitch b C.D.B.Marsham 7 118 95 1 b A.F.Payne 0 85 103 1 98. Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent and Surrey, Lord’s, July 9, 10 (Gentlemen of England won by 23 runs) st F.W.Oliver b T.W.S.Wills 49 134 74 b T.W.S.Wills 8 89 126 99. M.C.C. v Surrey Club, Kennington Oval, July 12, 13 (Surrey Club won by 2 runs) c G.C.Attfield b W.Caffyn 0 99 106 c T.A.Beard b H.L.Nicholson 7 132 127 16