Hugh Smith (cricketer)

Hugh Smith

Personal information
Full name	Hugh Purefoy Smith
Born	16 October 1856 Lasham, Hampshire, England
Died	9 September 1939 (aged 82) Brighton, Sussex, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm medium
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1878	Sussex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 10 Batting average 5.00 100s/50s –/– Top score 10 Balls bowled 120 Wickets 1 Bowling average 82.00 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 1/82 Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 28 November 2011

Hugh Purefoy Smith (16 October 1856 – 9 September 1939) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Lasham, Hampshire.

Smith made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Surrey at the County Ground, Hove in 1878.^[1] In Surrey's first-innings, he took the wicket of Swainson Akroyd for the cost of 82 runs from 30 overs. In Sussex's first-innings, he was dismissed for 10 runs by Edward Barratt. With Sussex following-on in their second-innings, he was dismissed for a duck by Frederick Johnson.^[2] This was his only major appearance for Sussex.

He died at Brighton, Sussex on 9 September 1939.

References

1. "First-Class Matches played by Hugh Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
2. "Sussex v Surrey, 1878". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 November 2011.

External links

• Hugh Smith at ESPNcricinfo
• Hugh Smith at CricketArchive