George Simpson-Hayward

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George Simpson-Hayward England (ENG)
Batting style	Right-hand bat
Bowling type	Right-arm lob bowler
	Tests	First-class
Matches	5	200
Runs scored	105	5556
Batting average	15.00	18.58
100s/50s	-/-	3/9
Top score	29*	130
Balls bowled	898	20062
Wickets	23	503
Bowling average	18.26	21.39
5 wickets in innings	2	31
10 wickets in match	-	1
Best bowling	6/43	7/54
Catches/stumpings	1/-	133/-
Test debut: 1 January 1910 Last Test: 11 March 1910 Source: [1]

George Hayward Thomas Simpson-Hayward (born June 7, 1875, Stoneleigh, Warwickshire, died October 2, 1936, Icomb Place, Gloucestershire) was an English cricketer who played in 5 Tests in 1910. He was educated at Malvern College.

He is notable for being the last serious exponent of underarm or lob bowling to appear regularly in first-class cricket. He played for Cambridge University (1895-97) and Worcestershire (1899-1914). He played throughout the five-Test series on matting pitches in South Africa in 1909-10 taking the first of his 23 wickets with his fifth ball. He bowled brisk off-breaks along a low trajectory with a leg-break action. He was a Cambridge Blue at both cricket and soccer.