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Tom Hayward England (Eng)
Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Right arm medium (RM)
	Tests	First-class
Matches	35	712
Runs scored	1,999	43,551
Batting average	34.46	41.79
100s/50s	3/12	104/218
Top score	137	315*
Balls bowled	893	20,992
Wickets	14	481
Bowling average	36.71	22.95
5 wickets in innings	0	18
10 wickets in match	0	2
Best bowling	4-22	8-89
Catches/stumpings	19/0	493/0
Test debut: 13 February 1896 Last Test: 16 June 1909 Source: [1]

Thomas Walter Hayward (born 29 March 1871 in Cambridge, died 19 July 1939 in Cambridge) was an English cricketer, one of the finest batsmen of the years around the turn of the 20th century and noted especially for the quality of his off-drive.

Hayward came from a cricketing family: his grandfather, father and uncle had all played first-class cricket. ^[1] Tom 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.

From 1895 through to his final season in 1914, Hayward never once failed to reach 1,000 first-class runs, passing 2,000 on ten occasions and twice (in 1904 and 1906) scoring over 3,000; his 1906 aggregate of 3,518 (at 66.37 with 13 hundreds) established a record which stood until surpassed by Denis Compton and Bill Edrich in 1947. In 1898 he made his highest first-class score of 315 against Lancashire, and in 1900 he achieved the very rare feat of scoring 1,000 runs before the end of May.

Hayward's first Test match for England came on tour with Lord Hawke's side against South Africa at Port Elizabeth in 1895/96, and in his second Test (at Johannesburg) he hit 122 as England recorded an innings victory. In all he played 35 times for England, his last innings coming against Australia in 1909: run out for six to finish just one run short of 2,000 for his Test career. His most important international innings was probably the 130 he scored at Old Trafford during the 1899 Ashes series.

Despite a gradual decline in his athleticism in his later career, Hayward remained a highly effective batsman well into his forties, and in June 1913 he scored his hundredth first-class century, becoming only the second batsman (after W. G. Grace) to achieve this feat. He made his 104th and final hundred in August 1914 against Yorkshire at Lord's (where Surrey played several "home" matches after World War I had begun), 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.

Although primarily known as a batsman, Hayward was also a highly effective bowler for his county in the middle of his career. In 1897 he did the "double", with 1,368 runs and 114 wickets, and in 1899 he took two hat-tricks. His best bowling of 8-89 was achieved against Warwickshire at Edgbaston in 1901.

He stood in one first-class match as an umpire, the 1920 game between Oxford University and Essex. He died in Cambridge at the age of 68.

• Player Profile: Tom Hayward from Cricinfo

1. ^ His grandfather Daniel played (1832-1851) for Cambridge Town Club, Surrey and MCC; his father (also Daniel) played (1852-1869) for Cambridge Town Club, Surrey and Cambridgeshire. Hayward's famous uncle, Thomas Hayward, was a leading batsman who played 1854-1872 for Cambridge Town Club, Cambridgeshire and numerous representative teams including the England team that made the inaugural overseas tour to North America in 1859.