Harry Hayley

Who was Harry Hayley?

Harry Hayley was an English rugby union footballer for Yorkshire, St. John's Training College, York and Wakefield Trinity, and first-class cricketer, who played seven matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club over a fourteen-year period between 1884 and 1898.

Born in Heath, Wakefield, Yorkshire, England, Hayley played rugby union for Yorkshire against Middlesex at The Oval on 25 February 1878, and played cricket for Yorkshire as a right-handed batsman, who scored 122 runs at 11.09 with a best of 24. He conceded 48 runs with his right arm medium bowling without taking a wicket. He also took three catches.

He died in June 1922 in St. John's, Wakefield, Yorkshire.