Frank Smith | |
Fullname: | Frank Aston Smith |
Birth Date: | 21 March 1893 |
Birth Place: | Kaiapoi, North Canterbury, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand |
Family: | Brun Smith (son) Geoff Smith (grandson) |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Club1: | Canterbury |
Year1: | 1922-23 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | FC |
Matches1: | 2 |
Runs1: | 58 |
Bat Avg1: | 14.50 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 39 |
Deliveries1: | 0 |
Wickets1: | – |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 1/– |
Date: | 19 September 2020 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22873/22873.html CricketArchive |
Frank Aston Smith (21 March 1893 – 18 October 1975) was a New Zealand cricketer who played two matches of first-class cricket for Canterbury in the 1922–23 season. His son Brun played Test cricket for New Zealand.[1]
Smith worked as a carpenter in Christchurch. In World War I he served overseas as a sapper with the New Zealand Engineers.[2] He married Mary Catherine Brunton (1891–1971) in June 1921.[3] He died in Christchurch in October 1975, aged 82.[4]