as bright as his idol, Lord Harris, and so less skilful in concealing his ineffable self-satisfaction". In Hawke's autobiography, written in 1924, are comments like: "I believe I have done more than anyone else to raise the standard and self-respect of the splendid paid section of first-class cricketers" and Birley's view of the book is that it "must be one of the least modest works ever compiled". Hawke had the reputation of being both a strict disciplinarian and a staunch traditionalist but, though he had his faults, he did care passionately about cricket and about the welfare of Yorkshire's professional players. "Cricket," he once wrote, "is a moral lesson in itself, and the classroom is God's air and sunshine. Foster it, my brothers, protect it from anything that will sully it, so that it will be in favour with all men". Wisden said that Hawke "always played to win", but whatever the game, he was "a generous opponent" and "never harbored resentment". References Bibliography External links 1860 births 1938 deaths Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Burials at West Norwood Cemetery Cambridge University cricketers England Test cricketers England cricket team selectors English cricket administrators England Test cricket captains English cricketers of 1890 to 1918 English cricketers Gentlemen cricketers Gentlemen of England cricketers Free Foresters cricketers I Zingari cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers North v South cricketers Oxford and Cambridge Universities cricketers People educated at Eton College People from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire Presidents of the Marylebone Cricket Club Wisden Cricketers of the Year Yorkshire cricket captains Yorkshire cricketers Presidents of Yorkshire County Cricket Club People from Willingham by Stow Lord Hawke's XI cricketers C. I. Thornton's XI cricketers Over 30s v Under 30s cricketers A. J. Webbe's XI cricketers 7 Younger sons of barons