Famous Cricketers No 75 - Arthur Haygarth

Appendix I – Haygarth’s Batting in All Cricket As might be imagined Haygarth kept personal details of all the important matches, by his own definition, in which he played. The original of this document is in the library at Lord’s. This is an extract which shows Haygarth’s record of his batting season by season. M I NO R HS Ave 50 25 0 Ct 1842 7 11 0 149 31 13.54 - 2 - 3 1843 8 14 0 110 34 7.85 - 1 3 3 1844 14 24 3 226 42* 10.76 - 3 5 7 1845 9 15 3 168 25* 14.00 - 1 2 6 1846 11 20 1 144 39* 7.57 - 2 5 3 1847 12 22 1 363 57 17.28 1 4 3 7 1848 12 23 2 147 31 7.00 - 1 4 4 1849 15 25 1 273 71 11.37 1 1 5 7 1850 9 16 0 140 38 8.75 - 1 1 3 1851 16 29 2 406 50 15.03 1 4 7 3 1852 11 18 1 162 28 9.52 - 2 2 5 1853 12 21 1 389 53 19.45 1 5 2 6 1854 12 20 0 196 28 9.80 - 1 - 12 1855 10 18 1 338 97 19.88 1 3 5 5 1857 11 19 1 357 81 19.83 3 1 - 3 1858 12 20 2 288 71* 16.00 1 2 2 7 1859 12 20 0 308 45 15.40 - 5 3 8 1860 11 18 0 232 36 12.88 - 3 - 3 1861 4 7 0 81 46 11.57 - 1 - 2 Totals 208 360 19 4477 97 13.12 9 43 49 97 The manuscript containing this tabulation concludes with the statement: “Finis - 20 years at Lord’s - Average 1 hour and a quarter each innings (about)”. 25