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Schofield Haigh

Schofield Haigh, English cricketer and coach (died 1921)

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Born
March 19, 1871
Died
February 27, 1921
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1871

About Schofield Haigh

Schofield Haigh was a Yorkshire and England cricketer. He played for nineteen seasons for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, sporadically for England from 1898–99 to 1912, and was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1901. Haigh did nonetheless play representative cricket for the first time for the Players at Lord's in celebration of W. Modifying his style to eliminate the sudden plunge and long run-up, Haigh took 163 wickets in 1900 and helped Wilfred Rhodes to give Yorkshire the first unbeaten season in the official County Championship. After 1913 Haigh was coach at Winchester School, where his work was praised from his first season as coach and was responsible for the emergence of Douglas Jardine.

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Schofield Haigh timeline

  1. Modifying his style to eliminate the sudden plunge and long run-up, Haigh took 163 wickets in 1900 and helped Wilfred Rhodes to give Yorkshire the first unbeaten season in the official County Championship.
  2. After 1913 Haigh was coach at Winchester School, where his work was praised from his first season as coach and was responsible for the emergence of Douglas Jardine.

The world when Schofield Haigh was born

Schofield Haigh was born in 1871. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Chicago Fire destroys 3.3 square miles
  • Technology milestoneFirst cable car in San Francisco proposed
  • World population~1.51B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population39.4M

1871 versus 2026

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Measure18712026
Population39.4M341 million

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