Graham Smith | |
Fullname: | Graham Stuart Smith |
Birth Date: | 4 July 1923 |
Birth Place: | Leicester, Leicestershire, England |
Death Place: | Cosby, Leicestershire, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Club1: | Leicestershire |
Year1: | 1949 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 1 |
Runs1: | 29 |
Bat Avg1: | 14.50 |
100S/50S1: | - / - |
Top Score1: | 22 |
Deliveries1: | - |
Wickets1: | - |
Bowl Avg1: | - |
Fivefor1: | - |
Tenfor1: | - |
Best Bowling1: | - |
Catches/Stumpings1: | - / - |
Date: | 29 February |
Year: | 2012 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20860.html Cricinfo |
Graham Stuart Smith (4 July 1923 - 3 April 1997) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.
Smith made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Northamptonshire at the County Cricket Ground, Northampton, in the 1949 County Championship.[1] Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 239 runs in their first-innings. In response, Leicestershire made 264 runs in their first-innings, with Smith scoring 22 runs in it, before being dismissed by Gordon Brice. Northamptonshire had an improved batting display in their second-innings, declaring on 350/5. This left Leicestershire with a target of 326 for victory, in their second-innings chase they made 271/7 before the match was declared a draw. Smith scored 7 runs in this innings, before being dismissed by Bill Barron.[2] This was his only major appearance for Leicestershire.
He died at Cosby, Leicestershire, on 3 April 1997.