Edward Hirst (cricketer)

Edward Theodore Hirst (6 May 1857 – 26 October 1914) was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played twenty one matches for the Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1877 and 1888.[1] He also played for Oxford University.[2]

Born in New House, Deighton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, Hirst was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford.[3] He was a right-handed batsman, who in total scored 778 runs with a highest score of 114 (his only first-class century), at an average of 12.54.[2] He took seventeen catches in the field. His highest score for Yorkshire was 87 not out.[1]

His brother, Ernest Hirst, also played briefly for Yorkshire.[1]

Hirst died in October 1914 in Barnwood, Gloucestershire, England, aged 57.[2]

References
  1. Warner, David (2011). The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook (113th ed.). Ilkley, Yorkshire: Great Northern Books. p. 370. ISBN 978-1-905080-85-4.
  2. "Edward Hirst". Espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
  3. Rugby School Register. 2. p. 322.


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