Donald Smith (Lancashire cricketer)
Donald John Smith (1 May 1929 – 3 December 2004) played first-class cricket for Lancashire County Cricket Club in the early 1950s.[1] He was born at Accrington in Lancashire in 1929.
Smith played as a left-arm swing bowler. He played for Cheshire County Cricket Club in the Minor Counties Championship in 1949 and 1950,[1] before giving up his job as a bank clerk in order to play for Lancashire, making his debut in June 1951 against the touring South Africans.[2] He played in a total of three first-class matches, with a County Championship appearance against Hampshire later in June 1951 being followed by a match against the 1952 Indians. He took four wickets and scored 26 runs with a highest score of 14.[1]
Although he continued to play Second XI cricket for Lancashire until the 1953 season, he played all of his other cricket in league matches.[1][2] Smith later became a successful businessman. He died at Birch Vale in Stockport in 2004 He was aged 75.[2][3]
Family
[edit]Smith's father, Stansfield Smith, played Lancashire League cricket regularly for Accrington Cricket Club in the 1920s and once in Minor Counties cricket for Cheshire in 1949.[4] Donald Smith's younger brother, Colin Stansfield Smith, played in 106 first-class cricket matches, mainly for Lancashire and for Cambridge University, and later became a well-known architect.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Donald Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ a b c Smith, Donald James, Obituaries in 2004, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 2005. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ Donald Smith, CricInfo. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ "Stansfield Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ "Colin Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 April 2012.