Career
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 (his only first-class century), at an average of 12.54. He took seventeen catches in the field
His highest score for Yorkshire was 87 not out.
Hirst died in October 1914 in Barnwood, Gloucestershire, England, aged 57.