Famous Cricketers No 75 - Arthur Haygarth

1844 Haygarth had played five one-day matches at Lord’s before being selected for the Gentlemen of England against the Gentlemen of Kent, a match he was to play in on twelve occasions. He immediately showed his obduracy being not out in the first innings and when promoted to number three in the second innings stayed at the crease as wickets fell about him. In the match against Hampshire he batted for three hours in the first innings and 3½ hours in the second, where he was the leading scorer, whilst his five runs against The North took 1¼ hours. Other scores of note in the non-first-class matches were both for M.C.C.: 26 against St. John’s Wood on May 6 and 25 against Norfolk on July 25-26 where he again made top score. In all Haygarth played 14 games in this season and totalled 226 runs at an average of 10.76. Note that in the match of July 8-10 Hampshire conceded 27 and 20 extras in the M.C.C. innings. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 1. Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Kent, Lord’s, June 17, 18 (Gentlemen of England won by five wickets) not out 4 63 116 b A.Mynn 19 138-5 82 2. M.C.C. v West of England, Lord’s, June 24, (25), 26 (M.C.C. won by two wickets) c W.Martingell b A.Mynn 2 81 97 b A.Mynn 3 69-8 52 1 3. M.C.C. v Oxford University, Lord’s, June 27, 28 (Oxford University won by 76 runs) c J.R.Freeling b C.Randolph 2 32 77 run out 0 51 82 2 4. M.C.C. v Hampshire, Lord’s, July 8, 9, 10 (M.C.C. won by 146 runs) b F.H.Hervey-Bathurst 16 118 90 not out 42 175 57 5. M.C.C. v The North, Lord’s, July 15, 16 (M.C.C. won by 13 runs) run out 5 97 105 1 b A.Mynn 0 76 55 6. M.C.C. v Sussex, Lord’s, July 22, 23 (Sussex won by an innings and 12 runs) c T.Box b C.G.Taylor 0 50 154 b J.Dean 7 92 SEASON’S AVERAGES Batting and Fielding M I NO Runs HS Ave 50 Ct M.C.C. 5 10 1 77 42* 8.55 - 4 Other match 1 2 1 23 19 23.00 - - Season 6 12 2 100 42* 10.00 - 4 1845 Haygarth was elected as a member of M.C.C. and in what was to his mind his fourth summer in top class cricket he played in nine matches. Only five have been deemed first-class. He top scored with 25 not out in an M.C.C. game against Lincoln’s Inn & Temple on June 19. In all cricket he scored 168 runs averaging 11.20. It should be noted in the following statistics that Western Counties conceded 35 extras during M.C.C.’s second innings. Own Team O M R W Opp Ct Total Total 7. M.C.C. v Petworth, Lord’s, May 19, 20, 21 (M.C.C. won by four wickets) run out 0 89 88 1 b E.Sopp 3 70-6 69 8. M.C.C. v Sussex, Lord’s, June 2, 3 (M.C.C. won by eight wickets) c C.G. Taylor b E.Napper 3 68 49 did not bat - 36-2 54 1 9. M.C.C. v Western Counties, Lord’s, June 16, 17, 18 (M.C.C. won by 84 runs) b F.H.Hervey-Bathurst 3 79 68 7