David Hayward (cricketer)

David Russell Hayward (7 June 1920 – 21 April 1945) was an English first-class cricketer active in 1939 who played for Middlesex and Oxford University. He was born in Australia; and died in Hampshire.[1]

During World War II Hayward was a pilot in the Air Transport Auxiliary. On 21 April 1945 he was flying a Fairchild Argus light aircraft which crashed soon after take-off from RAF Lasham in Hampshire.[2]

  1. ^ David Hayward at CricketArchive
  2. ^ "War Grave: ATA First Officer David Russell Hayward". Retrieved 14 June 2017.