John Haygarth (cricketer)

John William Haygarth (3 December 1842 – 30 March 1923) was an English first-class cricketer and magistrate.

The son of John Sayer Haygarth, he was born in December 1842 at Rodmarton, Gloucestershire. He was educated at Winchester College,[1] before going up to Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1861.[2] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1862. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1864, making ten appearances.[3] Described by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack as “one of the best amateur wicket-keepers of his time”,[4] he took twelve catches and stumpings in his ten matches for Oxford, in addition to scoring 81 runs.[5]

He left England in 1865 and emigrated to Queensland, where he became a sheep farmer at Kooralbyn and later served as a magistrate.[1] Haygarth died at Boonah in March 1923.[4] His brother, Edward, also played first-class cricket, as did his second cousin Arthur Haygarth, was also the compiler of Scores and Biographies.[4] Another cousin was William Parry-Okeden, an Australian police commissioner and protector of Aborigines, while his nephew, Francis Gresson, played cricket at first-class level.