Famous Cricketers No 75 - Arthur Haygarth

Fifties (7) 2 3 4 5 6 97 11 8 5 - - M.C.C. v Surrey Club Lord’s 1855 81 9 5 4 1 1 Gents of England v Gents of Kent and Sussex Lord’s 1857 71* 10 4 4 - - M.C.C. v Cambridge University Lord’s 1858 57 9 6 - - - Gents of England v Gents of Kent Lord’s 1847 53* 8 4 1 1 - Gentlemen v Players Lord’s 1857 53 4 5 2 1 - Gents of M.C.C. v Gents of England Lord’s 1853 50 6 2 2 1 - M.C.C. v Cambridge University Lord’s 1851 In addition Haygarth made two other long scores in non-first-class matches: 77 9 3 2 1 - U.E.E. v XVIII of Household Brigade Kennington Oval 1857 71 7 6 4 1 - Viscount Mountgarret’s XI v Earl Winterton’s XI Lord’s 1849 Long Innings Haygarth was renowned for staying at the wicket for extremely long periods and holding innings together as wickets fell about him. The amount of time spent at the wicket, where known, is shown within the text concerning the actual year the game was played. Partnerships for individual wickets were not often recorded in the period Haygarth played and therefore this record provides the best assessment of his abilities at the wicket. Note that all these scores were run out, there being no boundaries, and it should also be remembered that the Lord’s wicket at this time was said to resemble corrugated sheeting! He himself wrote in his scrapbook “No boundary hits in my day, and no billiard table wickets to play on - we had to look out for our face and body as well as the stumps”. 267 out of 295 M.C.C. v Cambridge University Lord’s 1858 190 out of 194 Gentlemen v Players Lord’s 1857 168 out of 193 M.C.C. v Surrey Club Lord’s 1855 157 out of 342 Gents of England v Gents of Kent and Sussex Lord’s 1857 162 out of 225 Gents of England v Gents of Kent (2nd inns) Lord’s 1847 145 out of 181 Gents of England v Gents of Kent (1st inns) Lord’s 1847 136 out of 175 M.C.C. v Hampshire Lord’s 1844 125 out of 152 Gents of England v Gents of Kent Lord’s 1846 124 out of 244 M.C.C. v Sussex Lord’s 1849 117 out of 178 Gents of M.C.C. v Gents of England Lord’s 1853 112 out of 226 Gentlemen v Players Lord’s 1855 110 out of 126 Gentlemen v Players Lord’s 1846 104 out of 188 Single v Married Lord’s 1858 In addition Haygarth ran 152 and 137 runs for the United England Eleven and M.C.C. respectively in two other games. There may be other instances but it is not possible to identify them from the records of the day. These instances are identified from Haygarth’s personal record. Dismissals Outs All Inns Bowled 115 49.36% 46.56% Caught 68 29.18% 27.53% Caught & Bowled 9 3.86% 3.64% Stumped 15 6.44% 6.07% LBW 8 3.43% 3.24% Run Out 18 7.73% 7.29% Not Out 14 5.67% Total 247 69 bowlers took his wicket, the most successful being John Wisden with 21 dismissals. Other successful bowlers included William Clarke 17, William Martingell 12, Alfred Mynn 11, James Dean 10, William Hillyer 9, Edgar Willsher 8, John Jackson, 7, George Brockwell 6, Thomas Sherman 6, James Grundy 6, Charles Harenc 5, and Edward Blore 5. 24