[7] Despite this, Mirehouse made his first-class debut for the University a couple of weeks later, playing against the Gentlemen of England; a collection of the best amateur players in the country.
[16] After again featuring in the senior's trial match in 1885, in which he took four wickets,[17] Mirehouse was highlighted by Cricket magazine as having "a good length ball" and was toted as a possibility for making it into the first team.
[21] After the conclusion of the university term, Mirehouse made his fourth and final appearance for Somerset in first-class cricket, taking two wickets in a heavy loss to Gloucestershire.
Mirehouse achieved his best performance in first-class cricket for Cambridge, claiming four wickets in the second innings for the university against CI Thornton's XI.
[26] On his return, he voiced concerns about business matters, and a few days later on 5 March 1923, hanged himself from his bed with a sash cord.
[27] A letter Mirehouse started writing to a friend in Bristol lamented: "My sufferings the past six months have been beyond all expression.