15 Facts About Schofield Haigh

Schofield Haigh was a Yorkshire and England cricketer.

Schofield Haigh played club cricket for Keighley and Armitage Bridge, who produced Jack Beaumont for Surrey and later Crowther Charlesworth for Warwickshire.

Schofield Haigh debuted for Yorkshire in 1895 and remained with the Tykes until 1913.

Schofield Haigh started with Yorkshire as a fast bowler with a long run-up for the era.

Schofield Haigh played a few times for Yorkshire in 1895 but took fewer than ten wickets.

However, when Yorkshire's regular bowlers Peel, Hirst and Wainwright were struggling in the very dry weather of the early 1896 season, Schofield Haigh was introduced to the team with great success.

Schofield Haigh took 7 for 25 in each innings against Durham, and was immediately given his county cap and elevated permanently to the first eleven.

In 1901, Schofield Haigh fell off with the ball in part due to an injured knee that ended his season prematurely, but averaged 26 with the bat.

Schofield Haigh scored 96 in a sensational loss to Somerset, and then his maiden century and highest career score before lunch against Nottinghamshire in another big stand with Hirst.

Schofield Haigh did not maintain his 1904 form with the bat and indeed did not score fifty in county cricket between 1907 and 1909.

Schofield Haigh died prematurely in Taylor Hill, Huddersfield, in early 1921, as a result of a stroke.

However, because he was of slight build, Schofield Haigh was not able to undertake arduous spells of bowling, and his output of overs was always low for a frontline bowler.

Schofield Haigh was never considered for a tour of Australia, and his record in Test cricket in England was poor compared to his exploits in the county game.

Schofield Haigh has the lowest average of any bowler taking 1,000 wickets since 1895 except Hedley Verity.

Schofield Haigh was a determined but underrated batsman, who scored a hundred before lunch in 1901, and a keen fieldsman.