Jack Smart (cricketer), Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jack Smart (cricketer)

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 12-Apr-1891

Date of Death: 03-Oct-1979

Profession: cricket umpire, cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Jack Smart (cricketer)

  • John Abbotts (or Abbott) Smart (12 April 1891 – 3 October 1979) was an English first-class cricketer and Test match umpire. Smart was born in Forest Hill near Marlborough in Wiltshire, into a cricketing family.
  • His father was a professional cricketer for Wiltshire; and his brother Cyril Smart played first-class cricket for Warwickshire and Glamorgan, who set a world record in 1935 by hitting 32 runs off one over.
  • Two other brothers played as professionals at clubs in Wales. Smart worked as a miner before becoming a professional county cricketer.
  • He played Minor Counties cricket for Wiltshire from 1910 to 1912, and made his first-class cricket debut for Warwickshire in 1919, playing alongside his brother Cyril from 1920 to 1922.
  • He became a regular fixture in the Warwickshire side from 1920, playing 238 games in all.
  • He began as an attacking batsman and occasional off break bowler, but became the team's wicket-keeper after the retirement of Tiger Smith in 1930, catching 317 victims while standing behind the stumps and stumping 105 (in addition to 77 catches as an outfielder).
  • He made 79 dismissals in 1932, a then county record which was bettered by Geoff Humpage in 1985.
  • He scored a total of 3,425 runs in 340 innings, at the relatively low batting average of 11.53, including 9 half-centuries (four in 1923), and a high score of 68 not out against Worcestershire in 1922.
  • He took 22 wickets at a bowling average of 57.36, with best bowling of 3/31 against Northamptonshire in 1922. He played his last first-class cricket in 1936, and turned to umpiring the following year.
  • He umpired 4 Test matches, all played in England, two involving India in 1946 and two South Africa in 1947. He made his debut as a Test umpire in the 1st Test against India at Lord's in June 1946, standing with Herbert Baldwin.
  • His second Test as umpire was the 3rd Test that August, at the Oval, which was spoiled by rain.
  • He also umpired the high-scoring but drawn 1st and 5th Tests against South Africa in 1947, at Trent Bridge and the Oval. He finally retired in 1948.
  • He died in Bulkington, near Nuneaton, in Warwickshire.

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