Edwin Smith

Cricket Player

1848 – 1880

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Who was Edwin Smith?

Edwin George Smith 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. The following season he made his second and final first-class appearance for the county, against Yorkshire. 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.

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

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Born
Aug 29, 1848
Cheltenham
Nationality
  • England
Died
Apr 5, 1880
Cheltenham

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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