Famous Cricketers No 75 - Arthur Haygarth

1860 A warm up game for Surrey Club against Southgate on May 21-22 saw Haygarth score 36 in the first innings and 15 in the second and he top scored in both innings. There were three other matches and his run tally, in what turned out to be his penultimate season, was 232 at 12.89 per innings. He had spectacular success with underhand lobs against Sussex on June 4-5 when he and James Grundy bowled unchanged in both Sussex innings to win the match comfortably by an innings. Haygarth also broke Kent’s opening stand on June 14-15. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 128. Sussex v Surrey, Kennington Oval, May (31), June 1, (2) (Match drawn) st T.Lockyer b H.H.Stephenson 11 56-5 323 129. M.C.C. v Sussex, Lord’s, June 4, 5 (M.C.C. won by an innings and 15 runs) b J.Southerton 8 127 25.2 4 37 6 G.F. Helm b 73 1 W.Reed b J.Southerton c C.Gordon H.R.Brand b R. Bennett b F.F.Thomas c and b 14 4 20 5 John Lillywhite c C.Brampton 39 H.R.Brand c T.Davis R.Bennett c T.Davis H.Stubberfield b F.F.Thomas b 130. England v XVI of Kent, Lord’s, June 11, (12), 13 (XVI of Kent won by 32 runs) b G.Bennett 12 80 124 b E.Willsher 2 54 42 131. M.C.C. v Kent, Lord’s, June 14, 15 (Kent won by seven wickets) c G.Wigzell b E.Willsher 25 88 - - - - 111 1 b W.Goodhew 10 108 6.1 1 8 1 W.H. Fryer c F.H. Bathurst 86-3 132. Gentlemen of the South v Gentlemen of the North, Kennington Oval, July 12, 13, 14 (Gentlemen of the South won by eight wickets) c J.H.Marshall b D.Buchanan 11 334 140 did not bat - 46-2 238 133. Next XIV v XI of England, Lord’s, July (23), 24, 25 (Next XIV won by eight wickets) c E.Willsher b J.Jackson 21 128 130 did not bat - 60-5 57 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct M.C.C. 2 3 0 43 25 14.33 - 2 Other matches 4 5 0 57 21 11.40 - - Season 6 8 0 100 25 12.50 - 2 Career 133 242 14 2982 97 13.07 7 64 Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m M.C.C. 45.3 9 65 12 6-37 5.41 2 1 Career 51.3 9 84 13 6-37 6.46 2 1 1861 This was Haygarth’s final season. He played one non-first-class match before playing three recognised games with the middle fixture again seeing him bowl successfully. All the games were for the M.C.C. for whom he scored 81 runs averaging 11.57. In all Haygarth had played 209 important matches. 20