William Smith-Masters
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| Full name | William Allan Smith-Masters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
13 March 1850 Humber, Herefordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died |
27 August 1937 (aged 87) Meopham, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | William Allan Cowburn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations |
Allan Cowburn (father) Fleetwood Edwards (brother-in-law) Spencer Gore (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1875 | Kent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 5 December 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William Allan Smith-Masters born William Allan Cowburn (13 March 1850 – 27 August 1937) was an English cricketer. Smith-Masters batting and bowling styles are unknown. He was born at Humber, Herefordshire.
Smith-Masters made a single first-class appearance for Kent in 1875 against Hampshire at the Winchester College Ground, Winchester.[1] In his only first-class innings, Smith-Masters scored 7 runs.[2]
He died in Meopham, Kent on 27 August 1937.
Family
Smith-Masters had a distinguished extended family. His brother-in-law, Spencer Gore, played first-class cricket for Surrey, as well as being the first champion of the Wimbledon Championships. His other brother-in-law, Fleetwood Edwards, was Keeper of the Privy Purse to Queen Victoria. He too played first-class cricket, in one match for I Zingari. His father, Allan Cowburn, played first-class cricket for Oxford University.