Arthur Smith (cricketer, born 1851), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Smith (cricketer, born 1851)

English cricketer, born 1851

Date of Birth: 28-May-1851

Place of Birth: Hurstpierpoint, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 08-Mar-1923

Profession: cricketer

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Arthur Smith (28 May 1851 – 8 March 1923) was an English cricketer.
Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm roundarm slow-medium.
He was born at Hurstpierpoint, Sussex. Smith made his first-class debut for Sussex against Yorkshire in 1874 at the County Ground, Hove.
He made eighteen further first-class appearances for Sussex, the last of which came against Surrey in 1880.
Smith's role in a team was a bowler, in his nineteen first-class matches for Sussex he took 61 wickets at an average of 17.80, with best figures of 7/47.
These figures were one of three five wicket hauls he took and came against Surrey in 1876, a match in which he also took figures of 5/77 to claim his only haul of ten wickets in a match.
With the bat, he scored 94 runs at an average of 4.27, with a high score of 13.He died at Amberley, Sussex, on 8 March 1923.
His brother, Charles, and nephew, also called Charles, played first-class cricket, as did his uncle Alfred Smith.