Graham Smith (cricketer, born 1923)

Graham Smith

Personal information
Full name	Graham Stuart Smith
Born	4 July 1923 Leicester, Leicestershire, England
Died	3 April 1997 (aged 73) Cosby, Leicestershire, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1949	Leicestershire
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 29 Batting average 14.50 100s/50s –/– Top score 22 Balls bowled – Wickets – Bowling average – 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling – Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 29 February 2012

Graham Stuart Smith (4 July 1923 – 3 April 1997) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.

Smith made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Northamptonshire at the County Ground, Northampton, in the 1949 County Championship.^[1] Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 239 runs in their first-innings. In response, Leicestershire made 264 runs in their first-innings, with Smith scoring 22 runs in it, before being dismissed by Gordon Brice. Northamptonshire had an improved batting display in their second-innings, declaring on 350/5. This left Leicestershire with a target of 326 for victory, in their second-innings chase they made 271/7 before the match was declared a draw. Smith scored 7 runs in this innings, before being dismissed by Bill Barron.^[2] This was his only major appearance for Leicestershire.

He died at Cosby, Leicestershire, on 3 April 1997.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Graham Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
2. "Northamptonshire v Leicestershire, 1949 County Championship". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 February 2012.

External links

• Graham Smith at ESPNcricinfo
• Graham Smith at CricketArchive