Geoff Smith | |
Fullname: | Geoffrey Brunton Smith |
Birth Date: | 22 November 1953 |
Birth Place: | Christchurch, New Zealand |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Role: | Batsman |
Family: | Brun Smith (father) Frank Smith (grandfather) |
Club1: | Canterbury |
Year1: | 1977-78 to 1979-80 |
Columns: | 2 |
Column1: | FC |
Matches1: | 7 |
Runs1: | 196 |
Bat Avg1: | 14.00 |
100S/50S1: | 0/0 |
Top Score1: | 31 |
Deliveries1: | 0 |
Wickets1: | – |
Bowl Avg1: | – |
Fivefor1: | – |
Tenfor1: | – |
Best Bowling1: | – |
Catches/Stumpings1: | 4/– |
Column2: | List A |
Matches2: | 3 |
Runs2: | 32 |
Bat Avg2: | 10.66 |
100S/50S2: | 0/0 |
Top Score2: | 28 |
Deliveries2: | 0 |
Wickets2: | – |
Bowl Avg2: | – |
Fivefor2: | – |
Tenfor2: | n/a |
Best Bowling2: | – |
Catches/Stumpings2: | 0/– |
Date: | 19 September 2020 |
Source: | https://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38510.html Cricinfo |
Geoffrey Brunton Smith (born 22 November 1953) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class and List A cricket for Canterbury from 1977 to 1979. His father, Brun Smith, played Test cricket for New Zealand, and his grandfather, Frank Smith, played first-class cricket for Canterbury in the 1920s.[1]
Smith was a member of the New Zealand schools cricket team that toured Australia in 1970–71.[2] In first-class cricket he scored 22 and 31 for Canterbury against Central Districts in 1978–79; he and Barry Hadlee put on 68 and 64 respectively for the opening partnership.[3] Later that season he made 11 and 31 against Auckland, putting on opening partnerships of 51 and 54 with Hadlee.[4]