John Smith (cricketer, born 1924)
John Westwood Rowley Smith (28 July 1924 – 12 December 1991) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Clarendon Park, Leicestershire.
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Westwood Rowley Smith | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 July 1924 Clarendon Park, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 December 1991 (aged 67) Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1950–1955 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||
| Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||
Source: Cricinfo, 3 March 2012 | |||||||||||||||
Smith made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against the touring West Indians in 1950. He made two further first-class appearances for Leicestershire, against Nottinghamshire in the 1950 County Championship, and Oxford University in 1955.[1] He scored 5 runs in his three first-class appearances, while behind the stumps he took a single catch and made a single stumping.[2]
He died at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire on 12 December 1991.
References
- "First-Class Matches played by John Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
- "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.