George Herbert Hirst & Jack Devey. 1895. (Cricketers)

For Sale is a Full Page removed from "Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds, 1895," showing the Portrait Photographs one on either side for the Following Cricketers.

1- George Herbert Hirst.
YORKSHIRE has rarely been without a fast bowler, and one moreover of the first rank.  HIRST, who fills that position in the County Eleven of to-day, is a worthy successor of such "giants" as FREEMAN, EMMETT, and ALLAN HILL.  Now only in his twenty-third year, his record, short though it is, has been one of marked success.  Three seasons in Yorkshire cricket have proved him to be one of quite the best all-round players on the side.  Strong in build, with an easy action, he bowls at good pace, with a high delivery, and on a favouring wicket is very dangerous.  A resolute hitter, he has been very successful on important occasions as a bat,  witness his score of 115 not out against Gloucestershire last year.  In the field, too, he is decidedly above the average.

2- Jack Devey.
If, perhaps, better known in the Midlands as a football player, J. DEVEY is by no means one of the least useful members of the Warwickshire Cricket Eleven.  Though it is only latterly that he has had a really good opportunity of showing it, his all-round cricket has certainly been of a kind to warrant the belief that he will be of still further use to the County.  A free bat, he hits very hard when occesion arises, and if the bowling is at all loose punishes it severely.  He is a safe as well as a smart field, and his slow bowling has been of considerable use more than once this season.  Has taken high honours in Association Football.  It was his goal which won the final tie of the Football Association Cup at the Crystal Palace in April for his Club, Aston Villa.

Condition is Very Good.