David Smith (Gloucestershire cricketer)

David Smith

Personal information
Full name	David Robert Smith
Born	(1934-10-05)5 October 1934 Fishponds, Bristol, England
Died	17 December 2003(2003-12-17) (aged 69) Bristol, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm medium-fast
International information
National side	England
Test debut	11 November 1961 v India
Last Test	10 January 1962 v India
Career statistics
Competition Test First-class Matches 5 386 Runs scored 38 4,966 Batting average 9.50 12.32 100s/50s 0/0 0/6 Top score 34 74 Balls bowled 972 72,581 Wickets 6 1,250 Bowling average 59.83 23.72 5 wickets in innings 0 51 10 wickets in match 0 6 Best bowling 2/60 7/20 Catches/stumpings 2/– 294/–
Source: CricInfo, 7 November 2022
Association football career Position(s) Left winger Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1953–1959 Bristol City 21 (1) 1959–1960 Millwall 13 (1) Total 34 (2) International career England youth *Club domestic league appearances and goals

David Smith (5 October 1934^[1] – 17 December 2003) was an English cricketer, who played in five Tests for England in India in 1961–1962.

He was one of a trio of pace bowlers, along with Alan Brown and Butch White, who were given their opportunity on the eight Test, five-month tour of India and Pakistan. However, his efforts in the heat and dust of the Indian subcontinent, did not do sufficient to earn him a chance to bowl in an England Test series at home.^[1]

Life and career

Smith was born in

.

He was a lower-order right-handed batsman, and a medium-fast right-arm bowler, who played for

. He was a successful county bowler at slightly above medium-pace, able to move the ball off the seam in both directions, and in five seasons he took more than 100 wickets, with a best of 143 wickets in 1960. In a team that was packed with all-rounders, Smith tended to bat fairly low, but he occasionally made useful runs, often in a fairly forthright style.

Smith's only Test cricket came on the long, and by modern standards, arduous

Smith was also a footballer who played at outside-left for Bristol City^[2] and Millwall.^[3][4]

David Smith died in Bristol in December 2003, at the age of 69.

References

External links

• "David Smith". Barry Hugman's Footballers.