Sam Hirst (31 March 1875 — 17 January 1937) was an English first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Sam Hirst | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 March 1875 Netherton, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 January 1937 (aged 61) Almondbury, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1905 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 31 October 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hirst was born in March 1875 at Netherton, Yorkshire. A professional cricketer, he became the professional for Uddingston Cricket Club in 1899.[1] He was selected to represent Scotland in a first-class match against the touring Australians at Edinburgh in 1905.[2][n 1] Playing as an opening batsman, he scored 28 runs in the Scottish first innings before being dismissed by Charlie McLeod, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 33 runs by the same bowler.[4] He left his role at Uddingston as a player–coach in September 1905, being replaced by the Yorkshire professional Arthur Broadbent.[5] Hirst died in January 1937 at Almondbury, Yorkshire.
Notes
edit- ^ ESPNcricinfo lists Thomas Hirst (T. H. Hirst) as playing in the fixture against the Australians; however, this is erroneous, as it was Sam Hirst who actually played for Scotland in this match.[3] Given Sam and Thomas were teammates at Uddingston and were both from the same area of Yorkshire, there is a strong possibility that the two were however related.
References
edit- ^ Kelburne's New Ground. Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette. 16 May 1899. p. 7
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Sam Hirst". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ George Fairley. Hamilton Herald and Lanarkshire Weekly News. 22 July 1905. p. 2
- ^ "Scotland v Australians, 1905". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ Uddingston echoes. Hamilton Herald and Lanarkshire Weekly News. 13 September 1905. p. 6