Schofield Haigh

Schofield Haigh (born March 19, 1871, Berry Brow, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, died February 27, 1921, Taylor Hill, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England) was a Yorkshire and England cricketer who was probably the most lethal bowler on a sticky wicket ever known. He bowled right-hand medium pace, but could vary it with slower or faster deliveries very well, and when the pitch helped him he made the ball spin back from the off so much that not even the most skilful batsmen could play him. Indeed, studying county cricket one notices how no batsman ever mastered Haigh in form on a drying pitch, not even men of such skill as possessed by Hobbs, Abel, J.T. Tyldesley, or MacLaren. The deadliness of Haigh's break-back can also be seen in the over 74 percent of his wickets were gained without assistance from fieldsmen - the highest of any bowler with over 500 wickets.

External links

• All first-class bowling averages
• Crinfo page on Schofield Haigh