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]
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| Full name | Robert John Haywood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 March 1858 Eltham, Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 May 1922 (aged 64) Eltham, London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Robert Haywood (son) Robert Haywood (grandson) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1878 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 4 January 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
He was, according to his Wisden obituary, "well known in metropolitan cricket"[4] and died at Eltham in May 1922 aged 64.[5] 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.[1][4] His grandson, also called Robert, played one first-class match for Scotland in 1949.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b Lewis P (2013) For Kent and Country, pp.200–203. Brighton: Reveille Press.
- ^ Robert Haywood, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-10-27. (subscription required)
- ^ 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.)
- ^ a b Haywood, Robert, Obituaries in 1922, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1923. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
- ^ Robert Haywood, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
- ^ Robert Haywood (born 1917), CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-10-27.