Roy Smith (cricketer, born 1910) explained

Country:England
Fullname:Roy Smith
Birth Date:20 January 1910
Birth Place:Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Death Place:Great Chell, Staffordshire, England
Batting:Right-handed
Club1:Minor Counties
Year1:1949
Club2:Staffordshire
Year2:1931 - 1954
Columns:1
Column1:First-class
Matches1:1
Runs1:29
Bat Avg1:14.50
100S/50S1: - / -
Top Score1:29
Deliveries1: -
Wickets1: -
Bowl Avg1: -
Fivefor1: -
Tenfor1: -
Best Bowling1: -
Catches/Stumpings1:1/ -
Date:29 November
Year:2011
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20885.html Cricinfo

Roy Smith (20 January 1910  - 19 October 1971) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.

Smith made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1931 Minor Counties Championship against Durham. Smith played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1931 to 1954 (excluding the six seasons in which there was no county cricket due to World War II), making 98 appearances.[1] In 1949, he made a single first-class appearance for a combined Minor Counties team against Yorkshire at Lord's.[2] In the Minor Counties first-innings, he was dismissed for 29 runs by Allan Mason, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a duck by Fred Trueman. Yorkshire won the match by 136 runs.[3]

He died at Great Chell, Staffordshire on 19 October 1971. He had a brother and nephew who both played for Staffordshire.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Roy Smith. CricketArchive. 29 November 2011.
  2. Web site: First-Class Matches played by Roy Smith. CricketArchive. 29 November 2011.
  3. Web site: Minor Counties v Yorkshire, 1949. CricketArchive. 28 November 2011.