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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.

He was, according to his Wisden obituary, "well known in metropolitan cricket" and died at Eltham in May 1922 aged 64. 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. His grandson, also called Robert, played one first-class match for Scotland in 1949.

References

1. ^ Lewis P (2013) For Kent and Country, pp.200–203. Brighton: Reveille Press.
2. Robert Haywood, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-10-27. (subscription required)
3. 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.)
4. ^ Haywood, Robert, Obituaries in 1922, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1923. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
5. Robert Haywood, CricInfo. Retrieved 2017-10-28.
6. Robert Haywood (born 1917), CricketArchive. Retrieved 2017-10-27.

External links

Robert Haywood at ESPNcricinfo

• 1858 births
• 1922 deaths
• People from Eltham
• Cricketers from the Royal Borough of Greenwich
• English cricketers
• Kent cricketers
• Cricketers from Kent