Arthur Smith (28 May 1851 – 8 March 1923) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm roundarm slow-medium. He was born at Hurstpierpoint, Sussex.
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| Full name | Arthur Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 May 1851 Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 8 March 1923 (aged 71) Amberley, Sussex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm roundarm slow-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Charles Smith (brother) Charles Smith (nephew) Alfred Smith (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1874–1880 | Sussex | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 26 February 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Smith made his first-class debut for Sussex against Yorkshire in 1874 at the County Ground, Hove. He made eighteen further first-class appearances for Sussex, the last of which came against Surrey in 1880.[1] Smith's role in a team was a bowler, in his nineteen first-class matches for Sussex he took 61 wickets at an average of 17.80, with best figures of 7/47.[2] These figures were one of three five wicket hauls he took and came against Surrey in 1876, a match in which he also took figures of 5/77 to claim his only haul of ten wickets in a match.[3] With the bat, he scored 94 runs at an average of 4.27, with a high score of 13.[4]
He died at Amberley, Sussex, on 8 March 1923. His brother, Charles, and nephew, also called Charles, played first-class cricket, as did his uncle Alfred Smith.
References
edit- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Arthur Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Arthur Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "Sussex v Surrey, 1876". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Arthur Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
External links
edit- Arthur Smith at ESPNcricinfo
- Arthur Smith at CricketArchive