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]
Life edit
Born in New House, Deighton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, he was the third son of William Edwards Hirst, later of Lascelles Hall, Huddersfield.[3][4]
Hirst was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1876, graduating B.A. in 1880. He became a solicitor in Leeds.[3][4] He died in October 1914 in Barnwood, Gloucestershire, England, aged 57.[2]
Cricket edit
Hirst 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]
Family edit
Hirst married in 1885 Emily Morton Pollock, daughter of Thomas Pollock of Leeds.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b c "Edward Hirst". Espncricinfo.com. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b Rugby School Register. Vol. 2. p. 322.
- ^ "Marriages". Yorkshire Gazette. 14 March 1885. p. 1.
External links edit
- Cricinfo Profile