A SUMMER OF PLENTY
George Herbert Hirst in 1906
Stephen Chalke
This
is the story of the exceptional summer enjoyed by the Yorkshire cricketer George
Herbert Hirst
in 1906. A popular and wholehearted character, one of the greatest
all-rounders in the history of the game, he achieved that summer the unique
feat of scoring 2,000 runs and taking 200 wickets in one season.
The most untiring and enthusiastic cricketer who ever wore flannels
AC MacLaren
In many ways he is the ideal cricketer, so straight, so strong, so honest.
Pelham Warner
Only a person possessed of an iron constitution could have got through the amount of work that he has done.
FS Ashley-Cooper
When you're both a bowler and a batter, you're twice as happy. You enjoy yourself twice as much.
George Hirst