Lives in Cricket No 8 - Ernest Hayes

First-class cricket: Centuries (48) Score For Opponent Venue Season 131 Surrey² Australians The Oval 1899 150 Surrey¹ Worcestershire The Oval 1900 104* Surrey¹ Leicestershire The Oval 1900 175 Surrey² Hampshire Bournemouth 1900 121 Surrey¹ Oxford University The Oval 1901 100 Surrey¹ Warwickshire Edgbaston 1901 108 Surrey¹ Leicestershire The Oval 1901 114 Surrey¹ Middlesex Lord’s 1902 102 Surrey¹ Worcestershire Worcester 1903 145 Surrey¹ Lancashire The Oval 1903 105* Surrey² Leicestershire The Oval 1903 273* Surrey¹ Derbyshire Derby 1904 104 Surrey¹ Yorkshire The Oval 1904 100 Surrey¹ Warwickshire The Oval 1904 100* Lord Brackley’s XI² Barbados Bridgetown 1904/05 100 Lord Brackley’s XI² British Guiana Georgetown 1904/05 105 Surrey¹ Essex Leyton 1905 189 Surrey¹ Derbyshire Derby 1905 152* Surrey² Worcestershire Worcester 1905 155 Surrey¹ Leicestershire The Oval 1906 147 Surrey¹ Hampshire Aldershot 1906 218 Surrey¹ Oxford University The Oval 1906 126 Surrey¹ Cambridge University The Oval 1906 105* Surrey² Sussex Hove 1906 153 Surrey¹ Middlesex Lord’s 1906 122* Players² Gentlemen Scarborough 1906 104 Surrey² Nottinghamshire The Oval 1907 202 Surrey¹ Middlesex The Oval 1907 157 Surrey¹ Leicestershire The Oval 1907 136 Surrey¹ Sussex The Oval 1908 276 Surrey¹ Hampshire The Oval 1909 106 Surrey¹ Essex The Oval 1909 144* Surrey² Northamptonshire Northampton 1909 109 Surrey¹ Derbyshire Derby 1911 137* Surrey² Warwickshire Edgbaston 1911 123 Surrey² Lancashire The Oval 1911 101 Surrey¹ Somerset Taunton 1911 100 Surrey¹ Northamptonshire The Oval 1912 116 Surrey¹ Nottinghamshire Trent Bridge 1912 143* Surrey¹ Essex Leyton 1912 117 Surrey¹ Lancashire The Oval 1912 161 Surrey¹ Hampshire The Oval 1913 144 Surrey² Gloucestershire Bristol 1913 129 Surrey² Somerset The Oval 1914 125 Surrey¹ Yorkshire Bradford 1914 103 Surrey¹ Lancashire Old Trafford 1914 134 Surrey¹ Yorkshire Lord’s 1914 153 Surrey¹ Hampshire Southampton 1919 Notes: Hayes scored centuries for Surrey against all other Championship counties of his time but Kent. He never scored two centuries in a match, the nearest being 97 and 105* v Sussex at Hove in 1906, and 95 and 104 v Nottinghamshire at The Oval in 1907. Hayes’ partnership of 371 with Hobbs against Hampshire at The Oval in 1909 remains the record for Surrey’s second wicket. Career Statistics 123