Ernest Hayter

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Ernest Hayter

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Ernest Hayter

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|7|31|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bournemouth, Hampshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|12|16|1913|7|31|df=y}}

| death_place = Southampton, Hampshire, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Leg break

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Hampshire

| year1 = {{nowrap|1935–1937}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 3

| runs1 = 36

| bat avg1 = 7.20

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 17

| deliveries1 = 66

| wickets1 = 0

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 16 January

| year = 2010

| source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/14113.html Cricinfo

}}

Ernest Hayter (31 July 1913 — 16 December 2005) was an English first-class cricketer and footballer.

Hayter was born at Bournemouth in July 1913. His father was the secretary of Brockenhurst Cricket Club in the New Forest.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004074/19350810/112/0010|title=Brockenhurst Parents' Loss Death of Jack Hayter|work=New Milton Advertiser|page=10|date=10 August 1935|access-date=19 January 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} He was a member of the ground staff at Hampshire by the mid-1930s, and made his debut in first-class cricket against Derbyshire at Queen's Park, Chesterfield in the 1935 County Championship. He made two further first-class appearances for Hampshire in 1937, against Cambridge University at Basingstoke, and Northamptonshire at Rushden in the County Championship.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6651/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ernest Hayter|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 January 2024|url-access=subscription}} In these, he scored 36 runs with a highest score of 17.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6651/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ernest Hayter|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 January 2024|url-access=subscription}} Hayter was released at the end of the 1937 season, alongside Howard Lawson,{{cite web|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003142/19380305/221/0010|title=Hampshire cricket members must be missionaries|work=Hampshire Advertiser|location=Southampton|page=10|date=5 March 1938|access-date=22 July 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} having "not progress[ed] in the way hoped and expected".{{cite web |date=4 September 1937 |title=Best yet |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003142/19370904/263/0012 |url-access=subscription |access-date=12 February 2025 |work=Hampshire Advertiser |page=12 |via=British Newspaper Archive |location=Southampton}}

Outside of cricket, Hayter played football as a goalkeeper for Lymington Town. In 1936, he had trials with Norwich City.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004074/19360919/120/0008|title=The third time|work=New Milton Advertiser|page=10|date=19 September 1936|access-date=19 January 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} In August 1937, while at sea on board SS Dunvegan Castle, Hayter was the victim of an attempted murder, when he was stabbed by Antonio Mifsud, a Maltese kitchen porter.{{cite news|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000290/19370823/118/0007|title=High seas|work=Portsmouth Evening News|page=7|date=23 August 1937|access-date=19 January 2024|url-access=subscription|via=British Newspaper Archive}} He later served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, playing minor exhibition matches for the Royal Air Force cricket team during the war.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6651/all_teams.html|title=Teams Ernest Hayter played for|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=19 January 2024|url-access=subscription}} Hayter died suddenly whilst playing golf at Southampton in December 2005, aged 92. He had resided during his final years at Bartley, Hampshire.{{cite news|url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/3441852.hayter/|title=Hayter|work=Daily Echo|location=Southampton|date=21 December 2005|access-date=19 January 2024}}