| 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]
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]
| Season | League | FA Cup | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Croydon Common | 1914–15 | Southern League First Division | 17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | |
| Crystal Palace | 1919–20[10] | Southern League First Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Charlton Athletic | 1920–21 | Southern League English Section | 21 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 9 | |
| 1921–22 | Third Division South | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 28 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 33 | 9 | |||
| Guildford United | 1923–24 | Southern League Eastern Division | 18 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 7 | |
| Career total | 70 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 79 | 21 | |||