- Ernest Smith (1869)
Ernest Smith (
October 19 ,1869 –April 9 ,1945 ) was an English first class cricketer who played 21 games forOxford University from 1888 to 1891, 154 forYorkshire County Cricket Club from 1888 to 1907 and 4 forMarylebone Cricket Club from 1892 to 1902.He also played for Oxford and Cambridge Universities Past and Present (1890), 15 matches for the Gentlemen (1891-1906), North of England (1891-1908), Gentlemen of England (1891-1910), CI Thornton's XI (1892-1899). He also played first class cricket for Over 30 (1901), Lancashire and Yorkshire (1903), Rest of England (1904), in 27 games for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI (1909-1928) and for Harlequins (1924).
In 242 first class matches in all, he scored 7,686 runs at 21.46 with a highest score of 164* for HDG Leveson-Gower's XI against Cambridge University. He scored 6 centuries in all and took 174 catches. A right arm fast bowler, he took 454 wickets at 25.69 with a best of 7 for 40 against M.C.C. He took 5 wickets in an innings 22 times and 10 wickets in a match on 3 occasions.
He was born on
October 19 ,1869 in Morley,Yorkshire and died onApril 9 ,1945 inEastbourne ,Sussex . His brother A.E. Smith played one first class game for 'English Residents' in 1890.References
* [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/20755.html Cricinfo Profile]
* [http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32853/32853.html Cricket Archive Statistics]
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