How many Test runs has George Hirst scored?

George Hirst has 790 runs in 38 Test innings from 24 matches at an average of 22.57. Highest score: 85.

What is George Hirst's Test batting average?

George Hirst's Test batting average is 22.57, from 790 runs and 38 innings.

How many Test wickets has George Hirst taken?

George Hirst has taken 59 wickets in Test from 24 matches at a bowling average of 30.00. Best innings: 5/48.

Which teams has George Hirst played international cricket for?

George Hirst is recorded for England in this publication.

When did George Hirst play international cricket?

This career snapshot covers 1897 to 1909. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

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George Hirst

All-rounder · 1897 to 1909 · 24 internationals

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24Internationals

790Runs

0Hundreds

59Wickets

18Catches

Career records by format

Batting career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100s	50s	0s	4s	6s
Test	24	38	3	790	85	22.57	-	-	0	5	5	-	3

Bowling career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Test	24	44	4,010	146	1,770	59	5/48	9/86	30.00	2.64	67.96	1	3	0

Fielding career records by format
Format	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/inns	Best
Test	24	44	18	0	18	0.409	2 (2ct 0st)

Career records checked 2026-09-30. Independent of the scorecard archive.

George Hirst: Test stats

Test

24 matches · 1897-1909

59wickets

Matches: 24
Average: 30.00
Economy: 2.64
Strike rate: 67.96
Best innings: 5/48
Five-fors: 3

790 runs · batting average 22.57

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Scorecard coverage

Scorecard coverage of the official career
Format	Official bat inns	In scorecards	Official bowl inns	In scorecards	First	Latest	Coverage
Test	38	38	44	44	1897-12-13	1909-07-26	Complete

Questions fans ask about George Hirst

How many Test runs has George Hirst scored?: George Hirst has 790 runs in 38 Test innings from 24 matches at an average of 22.57. Highest score: 85.
What is George Hirst's Test batting average?: George Hirst's Test batting average is 22.57, from 790 runs and 38 innings.
How many Test wickets has George Hirst taken?: George Hirst has taken 59 wickets in Test from 24 matches at a bowling average of 30.00. Best innings: 5/48.
Which teams has George Hirst played international cricket for?: George Hirst is recorded for England in this publication.
When did George Hirst play international cricket?: This career snapshot covers 1897 to 1909. Dates follow the official record, not only the scorecard archive.

Explore every recorded innings

24 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters apply to this archive only.

Latest appearances

Recent available appearances
Date	Match	Format	Result
1909-07-26	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1909-07-01	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 126 runs
1909-06-14	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 9 wickets
1909-05-27	Australia v England	Test	England won by 10 wickets
1907-08-19	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1907-07-29	England v South Africa	Test	England won by 53 runs
1907-07-01	England v South Africa	Test	Match drawn
1905-08-14	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1905-07-24	Australia v England	Test	England won by inns & 80 runs
1905-07-03	Australia v England	Test	Match drawn
1904-03-05	Australia v England	Test	Australia won by 218 runs
1904-02-26	Australia v England	Test	England won by 157 runs

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TEST CAREER · 1897 to 1909

George Hirst in Tests

Complete: every official innings is in the scorecards

790Runs

22.57Bat avg

-Strike rate

59Wickets

30.00Bowl avg

2.64Economy

Official Test record

Official Test batting record
Batting	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Career	24	38	3	790	85	22.57	-	-	0	5	5	-	3

Official Test bowling record
Bowling	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	10w
Career	24	44	4,010	146	1,770	59	5/48	9/86	30.00	2.64	67.96	1	3	0

Official Test fielding record
Fielding	Mat	Inns	Ct	St	Dis	Dis/Inns	Best
Career	24	44	18	0	18	0.409	2 (2ct 0st)

Test career in charts

Test runs, innings by innings

Test runs by year

Last 20 Test innings

01-4950-99100+* not out

Test innings by score

1-9

10-24

25-49

50-99

100+

How Test innings ended

Caught17 · 44.7%

Bowled14 · 36.8%

LBW3 · 7.9%

Other dismissal1 · 2.6%

Not out3 · 7.9%

Test batting position: average and innings

1-0 inns

2-0 inns

3-0 inns

4-0 inns

54.001 inns

630.4012 inns

720.3318 inns

836.334 inns

92.333 inns

10-0 inns

11-0 inns

Test wickets, innings by innings

Test wickets by year

Last 20 Test bowling innings

Test innings by wickets

Recent Test form

Last 10 batting innings

91runs

9.10average

-strike rate

050s

0100s

Last 10 bowling innings

22wickets

19.50average

2.40economy

48.72strike rate

5/58best

Test record by situation

complete career

George Hirst: Test batting by opposition
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Australia	20	33	3	744	85	24.80	-	-	5	5	-	3
South Africa	3	5	0	46	17	9.20	-	-	0	0	-	0
All	23	38	3	790	85	22.57	-	-	5	5	-	3

George Hirst: Test bowling by opposition
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Australia	20	38	3,488	118	1,585	49	5/48	32.34	2.72	71.18	1	3
South Africa	3	6	522	28	185	10	3/39	18.50	2.12	52.20	0	0
All	23	44	4,010	146	1,770	59	5/48	30.00	2.64	67.96	1	3

George Hirst: Test batting by home and away
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Home	14	21	2	366	58*	19.26	-	-	1	2	-	0
Away	9	17	1	424	85	26.50	-	-	4	3	50	3
All	23	38	3	790	85	22.57	-	-	5	5	-	3

George Hirst: Test bowling by home and away
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Home	14	28	2,381	99	1,015	42	5/58	24.16	2.55	56.69	1	2
Away	9	16	1,629	47	755	17	5/48	44.41	2.78	95.82	0	1
All	23	44	4,010	146	1,770	59	5/48	30.00	2.64	67.96	1	3

George Hirst: Test batting by match innings
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1st innings of the match	12	12	0	310	62	25.83	-	-	1	0	-	1
2nd innings of the match	11	11	0	220	85	20.00	-	-	2	3	-	0
3rd innings of the match	9	9	1	97	40*	12.12	-	-	0	0	-	2
4th innings of the match	6	6	2	163	60*	40.75	-	-	2	2	-	0
All	23	38	3	790	85	22.57	-	-	5	5	-	3

George Hirst: Test bowling by match innings
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1st innings of the match	11	11	1,363	51	586	18	5/77	32.55	2.57	75.72	1	1
2nd innings of the match	12	12	1,031	40	469	16	3/15	29.31	2.72	64.43	0	0
3rd innings of the match	13	13	1,085	41	463	15	5/48	30.86	2.56	72.33	0	2
4th innings of the match	8	8	531	14	252	10	3/42	25.20	2.84	53.10	0	0
All	23	44	4,010	146	1,770	59	5/48	30.00	2.64	67.96	1	3

George Hirst: Test batting by batting position
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
No. 5	1	1	0	4	4	4.00	-	-	0	0	1	0
No. 6	10	12	2	304	62	30.40	-	-	3	0	-	1
No. 7	14	18	0	366	85	20.33	-	-	1	3	-	2
No. 8	3	4	1	109	58*	36.33	-	-	1	1	-	0
No. 9	3	3	0	7	6	2.33	-	-	0	1	-	0
All	23	38	3	790	85	22.57	-	-	5	5	-	3

George Hirst: Test batting by match result
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Won	8	13	2	336	62	30.54	-	-	3	1	-	2
Lost	8	16	0	292	85	18.25	-	-	2	4	-	1
Drawn	7	9	1	162	48	20.25	-	-	0	0	-	0
All	23	38	3	790	85	22.57	-	-	5	5	-	3

George Hirst: Test bowling by match result
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Won	8	16	1,532	52	615	24	5/58	25.62	2.40	63.83	1	2
Lost	8	14	1,361	34	698	16	5/48	43.62	3.07	85.06	0	1
Drawn	7	14	1,117	60	457	19	3/15	24.05	2.45	58.78	0	0
All	23	44	4,010	146	1,770	59	5/48	30.00	2.64	67.96	1	3

George Hirst: Test batting by year
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
1897	1	1	0	62	62	62.00	-	-	1	0	8	1
1898	3	6	0	145	85	24.16	-	-	1	1	14	1
1899	1	1	0	6	6	6.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
1902	3	5	1	157	58*	39.25	-	-	1	1	-	0
1903	1	2	1	60	60*	60.00	-	-	1	1	9	0
1904	4	8	0	157	58	19.62	-	-	1	1	19	1
1905	3	4	1	105	40*	35.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
1907	3	5	0	46	17	9.20	-	-	0	0	-	0
1909	4	6	0	52	31	8.66	-	-	0	1	-	0
All	23	38	3	790	85	22.57	-	-	5	5	-	3

George Hirst: Test bowling by year
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
1897	1	2	246	10	106	0	0/49	N/A	2.58	N/A	0	0
1898	3	4	361	8	198	2	1/62	99.00	3.29	180.50	0	0
1899	1	2	175	13	62	1	1/42	62.00	2.12	175.00	0	0
1902	3	6	474	18	208	9	5/77	23.11	2.63	52.66	0	1
1903	1	2	318	9	126	2	2/47	63.00	2.37	159.00	0	0
1904	4	8	704	20	325	13	5/48	25.00	2.76	54.15	0	1
1905	3	6	348	13	212	6	3/86	35.33	3.65	58.00	0	0
1907	3	6	522	28	185	10	3/39	18.50	2.12	52.20	0	0
1909	4	8	862	27	348	16	5/58	21.75	2.42	53.87	1	1
All	23	44	4,010	146	1,770	59	5/48	30.00	2.64	67.96	1	3

George Hirst: Test batting by ground
	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	50	0	4s	6s
Sydney Cricket Ground	4	7	1	216	62	36.00	-	-	2	1	24	3
Headingley	3	6	1	98	40*	19.60	-	-	0	1	-	0
Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	6	0	15	7	2.50	-	-	0	2	1	0
Kennington Oval	3	5	1	126	58*	31.50	-	-	1	0	-	0
Adelaide Oval	2	4	0	193	85	48.25	-	-	2	0	25	0
Lord's	2	3	0	39	31	13.00	-	-	0	0	-	0
All	23	38	3	790	85	22.57	-	-	5	5	-	3

George Hirst: Test bowling by ground
	Mat	Inns	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BBI	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w
Sydney Cricket Ground	4	8	821	23	347	4	2/32	86.75	2.53	205.25	0	0
Headingley	3	6	468	17	210	7	2/65	30.00	2.69	66.85	0	0
Kennington Oval	3	6	606	22	283	16	5/77	17.68	2.80	37.87	0	1
Melbourne Cricket Ground	3	5	495	16	252	9	5/48	28.00	3.05	55.00	0	1
Edgbaston	2	4	401	22	111	12	5/58	9.25	1.66	33.41	1	1
Lord's	2	4	413	18	172	5	3/83	34.40	2.49	82.60	0	0
Old Trafford	2	4	168	5	78	1	1/32	78.00	2.78	168.00	0	0
Adelaide Oval	2	3	313	8	156	4	2/58	39.00	2.99	78.25	0	0
All	23	44	4,010	146	1,770	59	5/48	30.00	2.64	67.96	1	3

- not recorded in the scorecards · N/A no dismissals or balls to divide by

Test milestones

Five-wicket innings 3

Best Test performances

George Hirst: highest Test scores
Score	BF	SR	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground	Date
85	-	-	11	0	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1898-01-14
62	-	-	8	1	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1897-12-13
60*	-	-	9	0	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1903-12-11
58*	-	-	-	0	Australia	Kennington Oval	1902-08-11
58	-	-	8	0	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1904-01-15
48	-	-	-	0	Australia	Edgbaston	1902-05-29
44	-	-	3	0	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1898-02-26
44	-	-	6	0	Australia	Adelaide Oval	1904-01-15
43	-	-	6	0	Australia	Kennington Oval	1902-08-11
40*	-	-	-	0	Australia	Headingley	1905-07-03

George Hirst: best Test bowling
Figures	Balls	Mdns	Econ	Opponent	Ground	Date
5/48	101	4	2.85	Australia	Melbourne Cricket Ground	1904-03-05
5/58	143	4	2.43	Australia	Edgbaston	1909-05-27
5/77	174	5	2.65	Australia	Kennington Oval	1902-08-11
4/28	138	8	1.21	Australia	Edgbaston	1909-05-27
3/15	66	4	1.36	Australia	Edgbaston	1902-05-29
3/39	132	7	1.77	South Africa	Kennington Oval	1907-08-19
3/42	78	1	3.23	South Africa	Kennington Oval	1907-08-19
3/83	161	2	3.09	Australia	Lord's	1909-06-14
3/86	138	6	3.73	Australia	Kennington Oval	1905-08-14
2/32	113	2	1.69	Australia	Sydney Cricket Ground	1904-02-26

Latest Test matches

Latest Test matches
Date	Opponent	Bat	Bowl	Ground	Result
1909-07-26	Australia	1	0/15 & 1/32	Old Trafford	Match drawn
1909-07-01	Australia	4 & 0	2/65 & 1/39	Headingley	Australia won by 126 runs
1909-06-14	Australia	31 & 1	3/83 & 0/28	Lord's	Australia won by 9 wickets
1909-05-27	Australia	15	4/28 & 5/58	Edgbaston	England won by 10 wickets
1907-08-19	South Africa	4 & 16	3/39 & 3/42	Kennington Oval	Match drawn
1907-07-29	South Africa	17 & 2	1/22 & 1/21	Headingley	England won by 53 runs
1907-07-01	South Africa	7	1/35 & 1/26	Lord's	Match drawn
1905-08-14	Australia	5	3/86 & 1/32	Kennington Oval	Match drawn
1905-07-24	Australia	25	0/12 & 0/19	Old Trafford	England won by inns & 80 runs
1905-07-03	Australia	35 & 40*	1/37 & 1/26	Headingley	Match drawn