- Oliver Smith (cricketer)
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Personal information Full name Oliver Charles Kennedy Smith Born 29 October 1967
Meriden, Warwickshire, EnglandBatting style Left-handed Bowling style Right-arm off break Domestic team information Years Team 1987 Gloucestershire Career statistics Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 15 Batting average 7.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 14 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/– Source: Cricinfo, 30 July 2011 Oliver Charles Kennedy Smith (born 29 October 1967) is a former English cricketer. Smith was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm off break. He was born in Meriden, Warwickshire.
Smith made 3 Youth Test appearances for England Young Cricketers against Sri Lanka Young Cricketers in 1987,[1] with some success, scoring a single century and half century. Later in 1987, he made his only first-class appearance for Gloucestershire against a Rest of the World XI.[2] In this match, he was dismissed by Maninder Singh for a single in Gloucestershire's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by John Bracewell for 14 runs.[3] He made no further appearances for Gloucestershire, following spells in the Second XI, he formally left the county at the end of the 1990 season.
References
- ^ "Youth Test Matches played by Oliver Smith". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12000/Youth_Test_Matches.html. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Oliver Smith". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/12/12000/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
- ^ "Gloucestershire v Rest of the World XI, 1987". CricketArchive. http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/49/49109.html. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
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- People from Solihull (district)
- English cricketers
- Gloucestershire cricketers
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