Edwin Smith (cricketer, born 1934)
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| Full name | Edwin Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 January 1934 Grassmoor, Derbyshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed batsman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-break bowler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1951–1971 | Derbyshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 6 June 1951 Derbyshire v Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 1 September 1971 Derbyshire v Surrey | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| List A debut | 22 May 1963 Derbyshire v Hampshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last List A | 2 May 1971 Derbyshire v Yorkshire | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Edwin Smith (born 2 January 1934) is a former county cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1951 and 1971 and took over 1200 wickets.
Smith was born in Grassmoor, Derbyshire. He played his entire first-class career for Derbyshire, playing 503 First Class matches in a career spanning 20 years from 1951 to 1971.
Smith was primarily an off-spin bowler and took 1217 first-class wickets at an average of 25.84, with 51 5 wicket innings and a best performance of 9 for 46. He was also a useful lower middle order batsman and scored nearly 7000 runs with a highest score of 90.[1]
England had a number of very good off-spin bowlers during Smith's career, including Jim Laker, Fred Titmus, David Allen and Ray Illingworth, which restricted his opportunities to play Test cricket.