{{short description|English footballer and cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Albert Hayhurst | image = | country = England | international = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date|1905|9|17|df=y}} | birth_place = Birdwell, Yorkshire, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1991|11|8|1905|9|17|df=y}} | death_place = Reading, Berkshire, England | height = 6 ft 0 in<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-dispatch-football-guide-1936-xii/134333960/ |title=Reading. Newcomers with big reputations |newspaper=Sunday Dispatch Football Guide |location=London |date=23 August 1936 |page=xii |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm fast-medium | role = | family = | club1 = Buckinghamshire | year1 = 1948–1953 | clubnumber1 = | club2 = Warwickshire | year2 = 1934–1935 | clubnumber2 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 7 | runs1 = 98 | bat avg1 = 12.25 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 42 | deliveries1 = 833 | wickets1 = 12 | bowl avg1 = 38.08 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 4/120 | catches/stumpings1 = 2/– | date = 14 May | year = 2011 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14650.html Cricinfo }}
'''Albert Hayhurst''' (17 September 1905 – 8 November 1991) was an English cricketer and footballer. Hayhurst was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium. He was born in Birdwell, Yorkshire.
Hayhurst made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Kent in the 1934 County Championship. He played a further 6 first-class matches, the last coming against Glamorgan in the 1935 County Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30078/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Albert Hayhurst|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 May 2011}}</ref> He scored 98 runs in these matches, at a batting average of 12.25 and a high score of 42.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30078/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Albert Hayhurst|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 May 2011}}</ref> With the ball he took 12 wickets at a bowling average of 38.08, with best figures of 4/120.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30078/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-class Bowling For Each Team by Albert Hayhurst|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 May 2011}}</ref>
Hayhurst was later a Minor counties cricketer for Buckinghamshire, who he debuted for in the 1948 Minor Counties Championship against Staffordshire. He played Minor counties cricket for Buckinghamshire from 1948 to 1953, making 24 appearances.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30078/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Albert Hayhurst|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=15 May 2011}}</ref>
Outside of cricket he played football for Luton Town and Reading as a centre-half in the Football League.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228731.html|title=Wisden - Obituaries in 1991|date=6 December 2005 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=15 May 2011}}</ref> For Reading he made 237 appearances, scoring 12 goals, between 1933 and 1938.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.btinternet.com/~rfc1871/watn/h.htm |title=Reading FC Players and Trialists - Surnames Beginning With "H" |work=1871 - the ultimate Reading FC website |accessdate=15 May 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111020083541/http://www.btinternet.com/~rfc1871/watn/h.htm |archivedate=20 October 2011 }}</ref> He died in Reading, Berkshire on 8 November 1991.
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14650.html Albert Hayhurst] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30078/30078.html Albert Hayhurst] at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hayhurst, Albert}} Category:1905 births Category:1991 deaths Category:People from Birdwell, South Yorkshire Category:Sportspeople from the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley Category:English cricketers Category:Warwickshire cricketers Category:Buckinghamshire cricketers Category:English men's footballers Category:Luton Town F.C. players Category:Reading F.C. players Category:Cricketers from South Yorkshire Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Footballers from South Yorkshire Category:20th-century English sportsmen