Edward Hirst

Who was Edward Hirst?

Edward Theodore Hirst was an English amateur first-class cricketer, who played twenty one matches for the Yorkshire County Cricket Club between 1877 and 1888. He also played for Oxford University.

Born in New House, Deighton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, Hirst was a right-handed batsman, who in total scored 778 runs with a highest score of 114, at an average of 12.54. He took seventeen catches in the field. His highest score for Yorkshire was 87 not out.

His brother, Ernest Hirst, also played briefly for Yorkshire.

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