Lives in Cricket No 8 - Ernest Hayes

Contents Foreword 5 Preface 7 Chapter One: Childhood and Early Cricket 9 Chapter Two: Surrey Pro 17 Chapter Three: Coaching in South Africa and then a County Stalwart 26 Chapter Four: Overseas Trips and Chaos at The Oval 39 Chapter Five: Under New Management, Test Cricket and a Purple Passage 49 Chapter Six: Failure in Australia, Success at Home 61 Chapter Seven: The Golden Age Ends on the Western Front 76 Chapter Eight: An Officer and a Gentleman – and a Bridegroom 89 Chapter Nine: Leicestershire 99 Chapter Ten: Homecoming 108 Acknowledgements 118 Bibliography 119 Appendix: Career Statistics 121 3