David Smith (Warwickshire cricketer, born 1956)

Kenneth David Smith (born 9 July 1956) is an English cricket administrator and former first-class cricketer.

David Smith
Personal information
Full name
Kenneth David Smith
Born (1956-07-09) 9 July 1956 (age 68)
Newcastle, Northumberland, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingUnknown
RelationsKenneth Smith (father)
Paul Smith (brother)
Alan Oakman (father-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1973–1985Warwickshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 197 108
Runs scored 8,734 2,772
Batting average 27.55 28.87
100s/50s 9/55 2/19
Top score 140 113
Balls bowled 12 0
Wickets 0
Bowling average
5 wickets in innings
10 wickets in match
Best bowling
Catches/stumpings 34/– 18/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 June 2022

David Smith was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. He represented Warwickshire County Cricket Club as a right-handed batsman in 197 first-class matches (1973–1985) passing 1,000 runs four times and 108 ListA matches (1975–1984). He frequently opened the innings with Dennis Amiss during his career. His best season was in 1980, when he scored 1,582 runs at an average of 36.79 with two hundreds and 12 fifties. As his first-class career declined, he became successful in the limited-over format. He played in one Youth Test in 1974 versus the West Indies scoring 41.

Upon retiring, he led a successful business career and served on the Warwickshire Committee for nine years. He later spent two years with Leicestershire as chief executive (2008–2010) and three years in a similar role with Northamptonshire (2011–2014).

Family

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His father Kenneth played regularly for Leicestershire in 1950–1951, his former father-in-law Alan Oakman represented Sussex (1947–1968) and England in 1956, while his younger brother Paul also played for Warwickshire (1982–1996)

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