Robert Haywood (cricketer, born 1858) explained

Country:England
Fullname:Robert John Haywood
Birth Date:3 March 1858
Birth Place:Eltham, Kent
Death Place:Eltham, London
Family:Robert Haywood (son)
Robert Haywood (grandson)
Club1:Kent
Year1:1878
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:1
Runs1:0
Bat Avg1:0.00
100S/50S1:0/0
Top Score1:0
Deliveries1:20
Wickets1:0
Bowl Avg1:
Fivefor1:
Tenfor1:
Best Bowling1:
Catches/Stumpings1:0/–
Date:4 January
Year:2012
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14670.html CricInfo

Robert John Haywood (3 March 1858 – 9 May 1922) was an English cricketer. He was born at Eltham in Kent and played one first-class cricket match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1878.[1] [2] [3]

He was, according to his Wisden obituary, "well known in metropolitan cricket" and died at Eltham in May 1922 aged 64.[4] His oldest son Robert had a lengthy first-class career for Northamptonshire County Cricket Club and his younger son Archie played for Kent's Second XI either side of the First World War and coached at Taunton School.[5] His grandson, also called Robert, played one first-class match for Scotland in 1949.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Lewis P (2013) For Kent and Country, pp.200–203. Brighton: Reveille Press.
  2. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30098/30098.html Robert Haywood
  3. Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 229–230. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  4. http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14670.html Robert Haywood
  5. http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/235639.html Haywood, Robert
  6. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/27/27029/27029.html Robert Haywood