10 Facts About Tom Hayward

Thomas Walter Hayward 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 quality of his off-drive.

Tom Hayward himself made his debut for Surrey in 1893 and quickly established himself as an important part of the side, being capped in 1894 and receiving the accolade of Wisden Cricketer of the Year the following season.

Tom Hayward scored 130 at Old Trafford in the fourth Test of the 1899 Ashes series, batting at number six.

Tom Hayward came in at 47 for 4 and enabled the final total to reach 372.

Tom Hayward followed that up in the fifth Test, at The Oval, with 137, putting on 185 for the first wicket with FS Jackson.

Tom Hayward headed the batting averages for both sides in this series, in seven innings scoring 413 runs at 68.83.

Once Jack Hobbs made his Surrey debut in 1905, he and Tom Hayward formed an effective opening partnership for the county.

Tom Hayward made his 104th and final hundred in August 1914 against Yorkshire at Lord's, but made just one in his last innings of all, against Gloucestershire back at The Oval and on grounds of age did not resume his career after the end of hostilities.

Tom Hayward stood in one first-class match as an umpire, the 1920 game between Oxford University and Essex.

Tom Hayward died on 19 July 1939 in Cambridge at the age of 68.