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.^[1] He also played for Oxford University.^[2]

Born in New House, Deighton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, he was the third son of William Edwards Hirst, later of Lascelles Hall, Huddersfield.^[3][4]

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.^[3][4] He died in October 1914 in Barnwood, Gloucestershire, England, aged 57.^[2]

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.^[2] He took seventeen catches in the field. His highest score for Yorkshire was 87 not out.^[1] His brother, Ernest Hirst, also played briefly for Yorkshire.^[1]

Hirst married in 1885 Emily Morton Pollock, daughter of Thomas Pollock of Leeds.^[5]