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It was Sam Hirst and not T. H. Hirst who played in the 1905 fixture for Scotland
 
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{{Short description|English cricketer}}
{{For|the mathematician|Thomas Archer Hirst}}
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'''Thomas Henry Hirst''' (21 May 1865 &ndash; 3 April 1927)<ref name="YB">{{cite book |title=The Yorkshire County Cricket Club: 2011 Yearbook |last=Warner |first=David |year=2011 |edition=113th |publisher=Great Northern Books |location=Ilkley, Yorkshire |isbn=978-1-905080-85-4 |page=370 |url= }}</ref> was an English [[first-class cricket]]er, who played against [[Somerset County Cricket Club|Somerset]] for [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club]], in a drawn match at [[The Circle, Kingston upon Hull]], in 1899. He reappeared for [[Scotland cricket team|Scotland]] against the [[Australia cricket team|Australians]] in 1905.
 
Hirst was born in [[Lockwood, West Yorkshire|Lockwood]], [[Huddersfield]], [[Yorkshire]], [[England]], and was a right-handed batsman. He scored a total of 66 runs with best scores of 33 and 28 in Scotland's draw against the Australians. Hirst took a catch, but his right arm fast medium pace failed to take a wicket, while conceding 44 runs. He batted at number eleven in his first game, and at number one in his second.