Edwin George Smith (29 August 1848 – 5 April 1880) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
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| Full name | Edwin George Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 August 1848 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 April 1880 (aged 31) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1875–1876 | Gloucestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 9 November 2011 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Smith made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Nottinghamshire in 1875. In this match, he scored 12 runs in Gloucestershire's first-innings, before being dismissed by William Clarke, with the match ending in a draw.[1] The following season he made his second and final first-class appearance for the county, against Yorkshire.[2] In this match, he scored 14 runs in Gloucestershire's first-innings, before being dismissed by Tom Armitage, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a duck by Robert Clayton.[3]
He died at the town of his birth on 5 April 1880.
References
edit- ^ "Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, 1875". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Edwin Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
- ^ "Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, 1876". Retrieved 9 November 2011.
External links
edit- Edwin Smith at ESPNcricinfo
- Edwin Smith at CricketArchive