Edwin Smith (cricketer, born 1848)

Edwin Smith

Personal information
Full name	Edwin George Smith
Born	29 August 1848 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Died	5 April 1880 (aged 31) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1875–1876	Gloucestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 2 Runs scored 26 Batting average 8.66 100s/50s –/– Top score 14 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 9 November 2011

Edwin George Smith (29 August 1848 – 5 April 1880) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.

Smith made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Nottinghamshire in 1875. In this match, he scored 12 runs in Gloucestershire's first-innings, before being dismissed by William Clarke, with the match ending in a draw.^[1] The following season he made his second and final first-class appearance for the county, against Yorkshire.^[2] In this match, he scored 14 runs in Gloucestershire's first-innings, before being dismissed by Tom Armitage, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a duck by Robert Clayton.^[3]

He died at the town of his birth on 5 April 1880.

References

1. "Gloucestershire v Nottinghamshire, 1875". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
2. "First-Class Matches played by Edwin Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
3. "Yorkshire v Gloucestershire, 1876". Retrieved 9 November 2011.

External links

• Edwin Smith at ESPNcricinfo
• Edwin Smith at CricketArchive