John Willoughby Dixie Smith (11 March 1882 – 2 October 1959) was an English cricketer and rugby union player. Smith was a utility back in rugby and right-handed batsman in cricket, although his bowling style is unknown. He was born at Blaby, Leicestershire. He was also known as John Willoughby Dixie-Smith.
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| Born | 11 March 1882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 October 1959 (aged 77) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1921 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 February 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School and rugby edit
Smith attended Oundle School in Northamptonshire in 1897 and 1898.[1] On 20 January 1902 he made his debut for Leicester Tigers against Plymouth, scoring a try in a 5–3 defeat. Smith played against Exeter the next day, but did not feature again that season. He featured regularly in the 1903–04 & 1904–05 seasons before leaving the club for two seasons. He re-joined in 1907 and played most weeks, in 1908–09 he played in 36 games, the most of any of his seasons and captained the club on 3 occasions. He played his final match on 2 March 1912 against Headingly.[2]
World War 1 and cricket edit
He later served in World War I with the Leicestershire Regiment, where he held the rank of Lieutenant.[1] Following the war, Smith made two first-class appearances for Leicestershire in the 1921 County Championship against Gloucestershire and Glamorgan.[3] He scored 30 runs in his two matches with a high score of 25 and a batting average of 7.50.[4]
He died at Harrow on the Hill, Middlesex on 2 October 1959.
References edit
- ^ a b King, Henry M.; Yeld, Edmund E. (1920). Oundle Memorials of the Great War, MCMXIV-MCXIX. Oundle School.
- ^ Farmer, Stuart; Hands, David. Tigers - Official history of Leicester Football Club. The Rugby DevelopmentFoundation. p. 404. ISBN 978-0-9930213-0-5.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by John Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 February 2013.
External links edit
- John Smith at ESPNcricinfo
- John Smith at CricketArchive