Career
Richard Daft was among those ranking them as equal first, though George Parr reckoned Carpenter the better of the two. He played as a right-handed batsman for Cambridge Town Club and Cambridgeshire 1854-1872 and also for numerous representative teams. His overall first-class career record covered 118 matches.
He scored 4789 runs at an average of 25.33 with a highest score of 132 and 6 centuries.
He took 62 catches. Hayward was also a good right arm medium pace bowler, using the prevailing roundarm style. His bowling figures were 267 wickets for 3937 runs at an average of 15.81.
His best innings analysis was an impressive 9-30. He took 5wI on 19 occasions and 10wM in 2 matches.
Hayward was from a famous cricketing family.
At the end of the 1859 English cricket season, Hayward was one of the 12 players who took part in cricket"s first-ever overseas tour when an England cricket team led by George Parr visited North America. He is buried in the Mill Road cemetery, Cambridge, as is his father Daniel Hayward.