Country: | England |
Fullname: | Edwin George Smith |
Birth Date: | 29 August 1848 |
Birth Place: | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
Death Place: | Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Bowling: | Right-arm medium |
Club1: | Gloucestershire |
Year1: | 1875 - 1876 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 26 |
Bat Avg1: | 8.66 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 14 |
Deliveries1: | - |
Wickets1: | - |
Bowl Avg1: | - |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | - |
Catches/Stumpings1: | - / - |
Date: | 9 November |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20851.html Cricinfo |
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.
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.