Arthur Smith (17 March 1872 – 3 October 1952) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast. He was born at Barlestone, Leicestershire.
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| Full name | Arthur Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 March 1872 Barlestone, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 October 1952 (aged 80) Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1890 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 28 February 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Smith made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against Yorkshire at Headingley in the 1897 County Championship. He made two further first-class appearances in that season against Lancashire and the Marylebone Cricket Club, while his fourth and final first-class appearance came in the 1901 County Championship against Derbyshire.[1] Smith's main role was as a bowler, in his four first-class matches he took 5 wickets at an expensive average of 27.00, with best figures of 3/40.[2] With the bat, he scored 16 runs at a batting average of 2.66, with a high score of 9.[3]
He died at Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, on 3 October 1952.
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Arthur Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
External links
edit- Arthur Smith at ESPNcricinfo
- Arthur Smith at CricketArchive