Benjamin Smyth (20 June 1838 – 5 October 1906) was an English first-class cricketer who played one first-class match for Kent County Cricket Club in 1858.[1]
Smyth was born in Calcutta in British India but seems to have lived most of his life in Stockwell, close to The Oval, the home of Surrey County Cricket Club. He was educated at Wimbledon Common. Five of his six siblings were also born in India and it is possible that his father was a member of the Indian Civil Service.[2]
Little is known of Smyth's life, although it is believed that he was a member of Surrey County Cricket Club. It is not known how he came to play for Kent in the only cricket match in which he has been identified - a match against Sussex at Hove in which he scored a single run and did not bowl.[2][3]
It is unclear how Smyth made his living - possibly as a solicitor, although by 1891 he was considered to be independently wealthy. He appears to have married but there is no record of whether he had any children.[2] Smyth died at Clapham in 1906 aged 68.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Benjamin Smyth, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
- ^ a b c Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 495–496. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ Benjamin Smyth, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-05. (subscription required)
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