Edward Hirst

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. He also played for Oxford University.

Life Born in New House, Deighton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, he was the third son of William Edwards Hirst, later of Lascelles Hall, Huddersfield.

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.