John Haygarth | |
Country: | England |
Fullname: | John William Haygarth |
Birth Date: | 3 December 1842 |
Birth Place: | Rodmarton, Gloucestershire, England |
Death Place: | Boonah, Queensland, Australia |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Role: | Wicket-keeper |
Club1: | Oxford University |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 10 |
Runs1: | 81 |
Bat Avg1: | 6.75 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 17 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 12/12 |
Date: | 4 May |
Year: | 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/14649.html Cricinfo |
John William Haygarth (3 December 1842 – 30 March 1923) was an English first-class cricketer and magistrate.
The son of John Sayer Haygarth, he was born in December 1842 at Rodmarton, Gloucestershire. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1861. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1862. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1864, making ten appearances.[2] Described by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as “one of the best amateur wicket-keepers of his time”,[3] he took twelve catches and stumpings in his ten matches for Oxford, in addition to scoring 81 runs.[4]
He left England in 1865 and emigrated to Queensland, where he became a sheep farmer at Kooralbyn and later served as a magistrate.[1] Haygarth died at Boonah in March 1923.[3] His brother, Edward, also played first-class cricket, as did his second cousin Arthur Haygarth, was also the compiler of Scores and Biographies.[3] Another cousin was William Parry-Okeden, an Australian police commissioner and protector of Aborigines, while his nephew, Francis Gresson, played cricket at first-class level.