Lives in Cricket No 8 - Ernest Hayes

1919 England 12 16 0 451 153 28.18 1 - 8 1926 England 5 7 0 254 99 36.28 - 2 3 Career 560 896 48 27318 276 32.21 48 142 607/2 Notes: Hayes was dismissed 487 times caught (57%), including 81 by known wicket-keepers; 236 times bowled (28 %); 84 times lbw (10%); 21 times stumped (2%); and 20 times run out (2%). He was dismissed more than twelve times by E.G.Dennett and W.Rhodes 16, by G.H.Hirst 15, by T.G.Wass and C.Blythe 14, and by A.E.Trott and J.T.Hearne 13. Four of these eight were left-arm. The bowlers from whom he took most catches were W.S.Lees 102, W.C.Smith 62, J.W.Hitch 50, T.Rushby 47, T.Richardson 37, W.H.Lockwood 30. Hayes played 500 matches for Surrey, scoring 25,062 runs at an average of 33.10, and taking 560 catches. On nine occasions, Hayes held 35 or more catches in a season for Surrey; no other player for the county has achieved this. First-Class cricket: Bowling O M R W BB Ave 5i 10m 1896 England 1 1 0 1 1-0 0.00 - - 1897 England 53 14 121 5 3-3 24.20 - - 1898 England 154 37 351 15 5-22 23.40 1 - 1899 England 96.1 18 292 9 3-22 32.44 - - 1900 England 4 0 14 0 - - - - 1901 England 39 10 99 3 2-44 33.00 - - 1902 England 145.4 22 431 20 4-26 21.55 - - 1903 England 196 41 534 18 4-82 29.66 - - 1904 England 419 83 1124 42 6-48 26.76 1 - 1904/05 WI 121.2 25 325 26 3-16 12.50 - - 1905 England 591.5 110 1771 76 6-51 23.30 2 - 1905/06 SA 32 5 123 2 1-18 61.50 - - 1906 England 332.3 49 1091 43 5-11 25.37 1 - 1907 England 337 83 932 23 4-75 40.52 - - 1907/08 Australia 46 1 193 5 2-35 38.60 - - 1908 England 261.3 55 718 34 4-19 21.11 - - 1909 England 353.3 66 1072 48 7-34 22.33 2 - 1910 England 88.5 11 235 12 4-24 19.58 - - 1911 England 264.5 29 1000 25 4-42 40.00 - - 1912 England 458.5 89 1438 60 8-22 23.96 3 2 1913 England 344.5 60 1145 33 5-57 34.69 1 - 1914 England 179 36 609 12 5-34 50.75 1 - 1919 England 7 0 45 0 - - - - 1926 England 28.2 6 91 3 2-28 30.33 - - Career 5-b 304.1 70 } 6-b 4252 781 13754 515 8-22 26.70 12 2 Notes: Until the end of the 1899 season, overs were of five balls; they were of six balls thereafter. Hayes took his wickets at the rate of one per 52.47 balls and conceded runs at the rate of 3.05 per six-ball over. Of his 515 wickets, 218 (42%) were caught, including 50 of them by known keepers); 193 (37%) were bowled; 73 (14%) lbw; 29 (6%) stumped; and two hit wicket. He took the wickets of four batsmen more than five times; these were J.T.Hearne 7; and C.Charlesworth, G.H.T.Simpson-Hayward and J.A.Cuffe, all 6. For Surrey, Hayes took 473 wickets at an average of 26.97. 122 Career Statistics