William Smith (cricketer, born 1900), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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English cricketer (1900-1990)
Date of Birth: 29-Sep-1900
Place of Birth: Corsham, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 06-Jan-1990
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About William Smith (cricketer, born 1900)
- William Alfred Smith (29 September 1900 – 6 January 1990) was an English cricketer.
- Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm fast-medium.
- He was born at Corsham, Wiltshire. Smith made his debut in county cricket for Wiltshire in the 1929 Minor Counties Championship against the Surrey Second XI.
- From 1929 to 1939, Smith made 89 appearances for Wiltshire in the Minor Counties Championship, the last of which came against Dorset.
- In his career with Wiltshire he took 387 wickets at an average of 16.84.
- In 1935, Smith made his first-class debut for a combined Minor Counties team against the touring South Africans at Richmond Drive, Skegness.
- Batting first, the South Africans made 394 all out, with Smith taking the wickets of Eric Rowan and Dudley Nourse, finishing with figures of 2/97 from 28 overs.
- Responding in their first-innings, the Minor Counties made 190 all out, during which Smith, who batted at number eleven, ended the innings not out on 7.
- Forced to follow-on in their second-innings, the Minor Counties made 224 all out, with Smith the last man out when he was dismissed for a single run by Arthur Langton.
- The South Africans reached their target in their second-innings for the loss of two wickets, with Smith taking both wickets to fall, those of Langton and Robert Williams, with figures of 2/10 from two overs.
- The following season he made a second and final first-class appearance for the Minor Counties against Oxford University at the University Parks.
- Batting first, the Minor Counties made 251 all out, with Smith the last man out when he was dismissed for 35 runs by Tristan Ballance.
- In response, Oxford University made 288 all out in their first-innings, with Smith playing a major part with the ball, taking five wickets to finish with figures of 5/95 from 35 overs.
- In their second-innings, the Minor Counties made 294 all out, with Smith again the last man out, this time dismissed for 4 runs, with Ballance again taking his wicket.
- Oxford University reached 23 without loss in their second-innings, with the match declared a draw.He died at Trowbridge, Wiltshire, on 6 January 1990.
- His younger brother, Jim, played Test cricket for England.
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