William Henry Haydon (30 July 1872 – 19 April 1904) was a New Zealand lawyer and

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er. He played four first-class matches for

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between the 1895–96 and 1897–98 seasons. Haydon was born at

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in 1872, the son of another William Henry Haydon.Personal, '' Evening Star'', issue 12174, 19 April 1904, p. 4.
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at Papers Past. Retrieved 18 July 2023.) His father had emigrated from England, first to Australia in the 1850s before arriving in Dunedin during the Otago gold rush of the 1860s. He had run a series of hotels in Otago. Haydon junior was educated at St Patrick's College in

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before attending Otago University where he studied law and constitutional history and was a prominent

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. He worked initially as a legal clerk in Dunedin before being admitted to the bar shortly before his death in 1904. Considered a "well known" sportsman, as well as rugby Haydon played club cricket for the Grange club and later for Dunedin Cricket Club and rowed with the Dunedin Amateur Boating Club. He played cricket for an Otago side against Southland in February 1894 before making his first-class debut for the side two years later, playing in a fixture against

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at Carisbrook in February 1896. A

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, Haydon played twice for the representative side the following season and once in 1898–99. In total he scored 37 runs and effected six dismissals in his four first-class matches.William Haydon
CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 July 2023. He was a rugby referee and a prominent member of the Otago Referees' Association. Away from sports, he was a member of the St Joseph's Dramatic Society in Dunedin.Theatrical and musical notes, ''

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'', issue 2615, 27 April 1904, p. 60.
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at Papers Past. Retrieved 18 July 2023.) Haydon suffered from dyspepsia and was taken ill suddenly at work in April 1904. He died later the same day of peritonitis caused by his underlying condition. He was aged 31, though papers at the time note his age as 32.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Haydon, William 1872 births 1904 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Cricketers from Dunedin