The son of the cricketer Daniel Hayward, he was born at Chatteris in Cambridgeshire in October 1832.
The Hayward family was an old Mitcham family, and his father had indeed played for Surrey; however, with Hayward being born in Cambridgeshire, he was strictly speaking not eligible to play for Surrey.
[2] Hayward continued to play first-class cricket until 1869, making a total of 41 appearances for various Cambridgeshire representative sides.
[4] In addition to play first-class cricket, Hayward also umpired it, standing in five matches between 1861 and 1875.
[8] His son was Tom Hayward, who besides playing for Surrey, also represented England in Test cricket.