Ernest Smith (cricketer, born 1888), Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Ernest Smith (cricketer, born 1888)

British cricketer

Date of Birth: 11-Jul-1888

Date of Death: 02-Jan-1972

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Ernest Smith (cricketer, born 1888)

  • Ernest Smith (11 July 1888 – 2 January 1972) was an English first-class cricketer, who played sixteen matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club from 1914 to 1926.
  • He also played for Colne C.C.
  • (1921-1924) and Rawtenstall C.C.
  • (1925) in the Lancashire League, and for the Yorkshire Second XI (1912-1920) and the Yorkshire Council (1920). Born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, Smith was a right-handed batsman, who scored 169 runs at 10.56, with a best of 49 against Essex.
  • A slow left arm and left arm medium pace bowler, he took 46 wickets at 23.69, with a best analysis of 6 for 40 against Leicestershire.
  • He also took five wickets in an innings against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). Smith died in January 1972, in Blackburn, Lancashire.

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