Edward Haygarth

Edward Brownlow Haygarth (26 April 1854 — 14 April 1915) was an English sportsman who represented the England national football team and played cricket at first-class level with both Gloucestershire and Hampshire.

Life and sporting career The son of John Sayer Haygarth, he was born at Cirencester in April 1854. He was educated at Lancing College, where he played for both the college cricket and football teams. After completing his education, he came to Reading to train as a solicitor. He played club football as a full back for Reading and Swifts. He was an important figure in the early history of Reading. Haygarth likely played in the club's first ever match and was recorded as the club's first goalscorer, in addition to scoring the club's first hat-trick and captaining the club.

In the same year that he played football for England, Haygarth played first-class cricket for Hampshire against Sussex at Winchester. He later moved back to Cirencester, where he established a legal practice. Haygarth died in April 1915, at Siddington Manor in Siddington, Gloucestershire. Amongst members of his family, both his brother, John, and cousin, Arthur Haygarth, played first-class cricket.