Jack Smith (sportsman)

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Jack Smith
Personal information
Full name
Jack Smith
Born(1936-03-07)7 March 1936
off break
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1959–1975
Minor Counties South
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches 1 10
Runs scored 17 91
Batting average 8.50 15.16
100s/50s 0/0 0/1
Top score 17 50
Balls bowled 210 552
Wickets 4 6
Bowling average 24.75 62.16
5 wickets in innings 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0
Best bowling 2/47 2/41
Catches/stumpings 0/– 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 24 April 2021

Jack Smith (7 March 1936 – 7 May 2020) was an English

off break. He was born in Stotfold
, Bedfordshire.

Smith made his debut for

Minor counties cricket for Bedfordshire from 1959 to 1975, making 128 Minor Counties Championship appearances.[1] He captained Bedfordshire from 1962 to 1973, which included the only two outright titles in their history (1970 and 1972).[2]

He made his List A debut against Northamptonshire in the 1967 Gillette Cup. He made 5 further List A appearances, the last of which came against Lancashire in the 1973 Gillette Cup.[3] In his 6 List A matches for Bedfordshire, he scored 21 runs at an average of 7.00, with a high score of 8.[4] With the ball, he took 5 wickets at a bowling average of 50.00, with best figures of 2/41.[5]

He made a single

Minor Counties South, making his debut for the team against Hampshire in the 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup. He made 3 further appearances for the team in that competition, the last of which came against Glamorgan.[3] He scored 70 runs in his 4 matches for the team, which came at an average of 23.33, with a high score of 50.[4] This score came on debut against Hampshire.[8] With the ball, he took just a single wicket in his 4 matches, which came at an overall cost of 123 runs.[5]

Smith also played rugby for Bedford as a full-back, making 343 appearances for the club.[9] In 1981, Smith was jailed for four years for insurance fraud.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Jack Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  2. ^ The Cricketer, Vol 100 No 8, October 2020, p 92.
  3. ^ a b "List A Matches played by Jack Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Jack Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  5. ^ a b "List A Bowling For Each Team by Jack Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  6. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Jack Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Minor Counties v South Africans, 1965". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  8. ^ "Minor Counties South v Hampshire, 1973 Benson & Hedges Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Bedford Rugby Club Obituary". Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  10. ISBN 9781472975478
    .

External links
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