| Neil Durden-Smith OBE | |
| Birth Date: | 18 August 1933 |
| Birth Place: | Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, England |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Role: | Batsman |
| Family: | Judith Chalmers (m. 1964) Mark Durden-Smith (son) |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 4 |
| Runs1: | 111 |
| Bat Avg1: | 22.20 |
| 100S/50S1: | 0/1 |
| Top Score1: | 50 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 0/– |
| Date: | 27 November |
| Year: | 2014 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29175/29175.html Cricket Archive |
Neil Durden-Smith OBE (born 18 August 1933) is an English former sports commentator. He was previously a naval officer and played a small number of first-class cricket matches.
Durden-Smith was educated at Aldenham School and the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Devon. His service as an officer in the Royal Navy from 1952 to 1963 included a period as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand, Lord Cobham, from 1957 to 1959.[1] He worked as a radio and television sports commentator and producer in England from the 1960s to the 1990s, often covering hockey.
He played four matches of first-class cricket in the 1960s. His highest scores were 33 and 50 in his first match, for Combined Services against Nottinghamshire in 1961.[2]
Durden-Smith was awarded the OBE in 1997.[3] He has been married to Judith Chalmers, a television presenter, since 1964. They have a son Mark, who is also a television presenter, and a daughter.