Cyril Smith (footballer) explained

Cyril Smith
Fullname:Cyril C. Smith[1]
Birth Date:1893
Birth Place:Knighton, Wales
Position:Inside left
Clubs1:Aberdare Thursday
Clubs2:Newtown
Years3:1912–1913
Clubs3:Royal Welch Fusiliers
Years4:1913–1914
Clubs4:Aberdare
Years5:1914–1916
Clubs5:Croydon Common
Caps5:17
Goals5:5
Years6:1919–1920
Clubs6:Crystal Palace
Caps6:7
Goals6:0
Years7:1920–1923
Clubs7:Charlton Athletic
Caps7:7
Goals7:0
Years8:1923–1924
Clubs8:Guildford United
Caps8:18
Goals8:6
Years9:1924–1925
Clubs9:Nuneaton Town

Cyril C. Smith was a Welsh professional footballer who played as an inside left in the Football League for Charlton Athletic.[2] [3] [4] [5]

Personal life

Smith served in the Royal Welch Fusiliers until 1913 and served as a private in the Middlesex Regiment's 1st Football Battalion during the early years of the First World War.[6] [7] He was gassed at Delville Wood during the Battle of the Somme and was evacuated to a hospital in Liverpool.[8] Smith ended the war as a private in the Royal Army Medical Corps.[9]

Career statistics

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SeasonLeagueFA CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Croydon Common1914–15Southern League First Division17500175
Crystal Palace1919–20[10] Southern League First Division700070
Charlton Athletic1920–21Southern League English Section21653269
1921–22Third Division South700070
Total28653339
Guildford United1923–24Southern League Eastern Division18641227
Career total7017947921

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Smith Cyril C . 10 October 2016 . Croydon Common Football Club.
  2. Book: Joyce, Michael . Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 . Tony Brown . 2012 . 978-1905891610 . Nottingham . 268.
  3. Web site: Nuneaton Town 1919–1937 Part 1 . 10 October 2016 . 128.
  4. Web site: Appearances . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210612092101/https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2012/july/appearances/ . 12 June 2021 . 21 November 2017 . Crystal Palace FC . en-gb.
  5. Web site: Cyril Smith . 21 November 2017 . Holmesdale Online.
  6. Web site: Smith Cyril Charlton Athletic 1921 . 25 December 2018 . Vintage Footballers . en-GB.
  7. Web site: The Footballers' Battalions . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304110226/http://www.football-league.co.uk/news/article/2014/the-footballers-battalions-2145968.aspx . 4 March 2016 . 12 December 2015 . www.football-league.co.uk.
  8. Book: Riddoch, Andrew . When the Whistle Blows: The Story of the Footballers' Battalion in the Great War . Kemp . David . Haynes Publishing . 2010 . 978-0857330772 . Sparkford, Yeovil, Somerset . 146.
  9. News: Cyril Smith Service Record . 19 April 2020 . Football and the First World War . en-US.
  10. Book: King, Ian . Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–2011 . April 2012 . The Derby Books Publishing Company . 9781780910468 . 256–257.