William Hayes (Australian cricketer)
{{short description|Australian cricketer}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=June 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name = W. B. Hayes
| image = W. B. Hayes.png
| country = Australia
| fullname = William Bede Hayes
| birth_date = 16 October 1883
| birth_place = Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
| death_date = {{death date and age|1926|11|5|1883|10|16|df=yes}}
| death_place = Corinda, Queensland, Australia
| nickname =
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Legbreak, googly
| role =
| club1 = Queensland
| year1 = {{nowrap|1904/05–1911/12}}
| date = 1 June
| year = 2020
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5816.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
William Bede Hayes (16 October 1883 – 5 November 1926) was an Australian first-class cricketer. He played seventeen first-class matches for Queensland between 1904/05 and 1911/12.{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/player/5816.html |title=William Hayes |accessdate=1 June 2020 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} He played for South Brisbane in Queensland district cricket.{{cite news
| title =South Brisbane Club| newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|location=Brisbane, Qld| page =4 | date =21 August 1906| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19465578| access-date = 28 May 2020 }}
Personal life
William was the son of Patrick Hayes, and the Hayes family was prominent in Brisbane for running the Criterion Hotel on Elizabeth Street.{{cite news | title =Mr. W. B. Hayes| newspaper=The Week|location=Brisbane, Qld| page =14 | date =12 November 1926| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/181461294| access-date = 28 May 2020 }}
In the First World War he served in the Australian Imperial Force Flying Corps,{{cite news | title =Bits of Important News| newspaper=Sunday Times|location=Brisbane, Qld| page =2 | date =7 November 1926| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128126660| access-date = 28 May 2020 }} serving as a Private, Sapper, and Air Mechanic 2nd Class.[https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/195192 William Bede Hayes at Discovering ANZACs] He struggled financially after the war and received aid from the Queensland Cricket Association.{{cite news
| title =Queensland Sporting| newspaper=Referee|location=Brisbane, Qld| page =2 | date =10 November 1926| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/128102709| access-date = 28 May 2020 }} He contracted tuberculosis during the war which gradually weakened him until causing his death in 1926 and he was survived by his wife and five children, the youngest of whom was only sixteen months old.{{cite news | title =Death of Mr. W. B. Hayes| newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Brisbane, Qld| page =3 | date =6 November 1926| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/179580809| access-date = 28 May 2020 }} The Queensland Cricket Association proposed to hold a memorial match to raise funds for the family after his passing.{{cite news
| title =Cricket Association| newspaper=The Telegraph|location=Brisbane, Qld| page =11 | date =17 November 1926| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/179586930| access-date = 28 May 2020 }}
He is buried in Nudgee Catholic Cemetery.[https://billiongraves.com/grave/W-B-Hayes/17806687 W. B. Hayes at BillionGrave]
Cricket career
Hayes notably scored 500 runs and took 84 wickets for South Brisbane in the 1905/06 district season, the record allround season performance in Queensland cricket at the time, and his wicket tally was the highest in the competition for the season.{{cite news
| title =South Brisbane Club| newspaper=The Brisbane Courier|location=Brisbane, Qld| page =4 | date =21 August 1906| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/19465578| access-date = 28 May 2020 }} As of 1908 he was vice-captain of South Brisbane,{{cite news | title =South Brisbane Cricket Club| newspaper=The Sydney Mail and NSW Advertiser|location=Sydney, NSW| page =38 | date =1 July 1908| url = https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/165397233| access-date = 28 May 2020 }} and he topped the wickets for the competition with the club again in 1908–09 with 83 wickets and 1912–13 with 53 wickets.[http://premier.qld.cricket.com.au/content.aspx?file=12832%7C42238p FIRST GRADE Leading Wicket-Takers - Year by Year at Qld Premier Cricket website]
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