Thomas Hayward (21 March 1835 – 21 July 1876) was an English

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er who was generally reckoned to be one of the outstanding batsmen of the 1850s and 1860s. In the early 1860s, he and Robert Carpenter, his county colleague, were rated as the two finest batsmen in England.

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was among those ranking them as equal first, though George Parr reckoned Carpenter the better of the two. Hayward was from a famous cricketing family. His father was

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and his nephew was the Surrey and England batsman

Tom Hayward Thomas Walter Hayward (29 March 1871 – 19 July 1939) was an English first-class cricketer who played for Surrey and England between the 1890s and the outbreak of World War I. He was primarily an opening batsman, noted especially for the qual ...

. Hayward played as a right-handed batsman for

Cambridge Town Club Cambridge Town Club (CTC) was a first-class cricket club established in Cambridge before 1817. Among notable players who represented CTC were Tom Hayward senior, Robert Carpenter and George Tarrant. It co-existed with Cambridge University Cri ...

(Cambridgeshire) 1854–72 and also for numerous representative teams. At the end of the

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, Hayward was one of the 12 players who took part in cricket's first-ever overseas tour when an

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led by George Parr visited North America. He also was member of the first All England XI to tour Australia, and travelled out on the

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His overall first-class career record covered 118 matches. He scored 4789 runs at an average of 25.33 with a highest score of 132 and 6 centuries. He took 62 catches. Hayward was also a good right arm medium pace bowler, using the prevailing roundarm style. His bowling figures were 267 wickets for 3937 runs at an average of 15.81. His best innings analysis was an impressive 9–30. He took 5wI on 19 occasions and 10wM in 2 matches. He is buried in the Mill Road cemetery, Cambridge.

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