Esme Haywood Explained

Esme Haywood
Country:England
Fullname:Esme Thomas Lancelot Reed Haywood
Birth Date:23 August 1900
Birth Place:East Preston, West Sussex, England
Batting:Right-handed
Role:Batsman
Club1:Somerset
Type1:First-class
Debutdate1:13 June
Debutyear1:1925
Debutfor1:Somerset
Debutagainst1:Sussex
Lastdate1:31 May
Lastyear1:1927
Lastfor1:Somerset
Lastagainst1:Middlesex
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:8
Runs1:137
Bat Avg1:8.56
100S/50S1: - / -
Top Score1:38
Deliveries1: -
Wickets1: -
Bowl Avg1: -
Fivefor1: -
Tenfor1: -
Best Bowling1: -
Catches/Stumpings1:1/ -
Date:9 February
Year:2011
Source:https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/3/3609/3609.html CricketArchive

Esmé Thomas Lancelot Reed Haywood (23 August 1900  - 8 January 1985) played first-class cricket for Somerset in 1925 and 1927.[1] He was born at East Preston, Sussex and died at Fownhope, Herefordshire. He disliked his first name and was generally known as "Tom Haywood".[2]

Haywood was educated at Cheltenham College. As a cricketer, he was a right-handed middle-order batsman. He played for Somerset in seven first-class matches across the middle of the 1925 season, but achieved a degree of success only in the first two of them. In his debut match against Sussex at Horsham he scored 38 in the second innings, and this was to be his highest first-class score.[3] Then in the following game at The Oval against Surrey, he made 14 and 36, though Somerset were trounced by a Surrey side that included three century-makers.[4] Haywood reached double figures in only one further innings and he was no more successful when he returned for a single match for Somerset in 1927.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Esme Haywood . www.cricketarchive.com . 2011-02-08.
  2. Book: Somerset Cricketers, 1919–1939. Stephen Hill . Barry Phillips . 18 September 2017. 2017 . Halsgrove . 978-0-85704-306-1 . 129–131.
  3. Web site: Scorecard: Sussex v Somerset . 1925-06-13 . www.cricketarchive.com . 2011-02-09.
  4. Web site: Scorecard: Surrey v Somerset . 1925-06-20 . www.cricketarchive.com . 2011-02-09.