| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Arthur Smith |
| Birth Date: | 28 May 1851 |
| Birth Place: | Hurstpierpoint, Sussex, England |
| Death Place: | Amberley, Sussex, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Bowling: | Left-arm roundarm slow-medium |
| Family: | Charles Smith (brother) Charles Smith (nephew) Alfred Smith (uncle) |
| Club1: | Sussex |
| Year1: | 1874 - 1880 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 19 |
| Runs1: | 94 |
| Bat Avg1: | 4.27 |
| 100S/50S1: | - / - |
| Top Score1: | 13 |
| Deliveries1: | 2,830 |
| Wickets1: | 61 |
| Bowl Avg1: | 17.80 |
| Fivefor1: | 3 |
| Tenfor1: | 1 |
| Best Bowling1: | 7/47 |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 7/ - |
| Date: | 26 February |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20830.html Cricinfo |
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.
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.