Famous Cricketers No 75 - Arthur Haygarth

Appendix II – Haygarth’s Writing and Research Haygarth was perhaps the greatest collector of cricket scores and historical information especially when bearing in mind the relative awkwardness of communications in his time. He supplied countless letters and items for newspapers and journals in particular The Sporting Life , Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game and Bell’s Life where he used the pseudonyms “An Old Harrovian” and “HEW”. This is a brief listing of his more important published books and unpublished manuscripts with some bibliographical information. 1. SCORES AND BIOGRAPHIES (commonly known as S&B and his most celebrated work) Vol Pub Date Pages Seasons Biogs/Obits Scores I 1862 xl+556 1746-1826 197 750 II 1862 xii+600 1827-1840 132 800 III 1863 xiv+688 1841-1848 116 900 IV 1863 xiii+688 1849-1854 122 900 V 1876 xxiii+458+4 1855-1857 135 550 VI 1876 xi+517+4 1858-1860 111 550 VII 1877 xv+457 1861-1862 116 450 VIII 1877 xi+541 1863-1864 110 550 IX 1877 xvi+651 1865-1866 115 650 X 1878 xv+540 1867-1868 123 650 XI 1878 xv+540 1869-1870 118 550 XII 1879 xv+968 1871-1873 217 950 XIII 1880 xxxii+1184 1874-1876 226 1050 XIV 1895 cxi+1126 1877-1878 400 950 XV 1925 l+437 1000 The first four were published by Fred Lillywhite and the remainder by Longman & Co. Volume XV was edited and produced by F.S.Ashley-Cooper from Haygarth’s other manuscripts. These stretched to 1898, a further 20 volumes which were prepared for a printer. The 1879 manuscript supplies 551 scores and they annually increase in length until 1898 when more than 1,000 are recorded. There are at least eight indexes pertaining to these books - for some details and other information on the books see Padwick 805. 2. THE PUBLIC SCHOOL MATCHES : a correct account of all the matches of which the scores are in existence, played between the schools of Eton, Harrow and Winchester from 1805 to 1852 inclusive. Nine editions published 1853, 1854, 1855, 1856, 1861, 1864, 1867, 1868, 1869. The first eight editions were published by Fred Lillywhite and the last by John Lillywhite. ( Padwick 1348). 3. AN ACCOUNT OF ALL THE CRICKET MATCHES PLAYED BETWEEN ETON AND WINCHESTER; WESTMINSTER AND CHARTERHOUSE; RUGBY AND MARLBOROUGH; AND MARLBOROUGH AND CHELTENHAM. ( Padwick 1349) Published by Lillywhite and Wisden in 1857. 4. THE CRICKET MATCHES PLAYED BY THE HARROVIANS IN 1842 AND 1843. ( Padwick 1476) Published in 1844. 5. HARROW SCHOOL CRICKET MATCHES : A register of the principal matches played at Harrow and Lord’s during the season 1854, with the averages of the Harrow XI. ( Padwick 1477) Published by W.Winkley, Harrow in 1854. 26