Edward William Smyrk (1 May 1882 – 14 August 1962) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Hawke's Bay and Wellington from 1910 to 1920.
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| Full name | Edward William Smyrk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1882-05-01)1 May 1882 Reefton, Inangahua County, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 August 1962(1962-08-14) (aged 80) Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm off-spin, leg-spin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1909-10 to 1912-13 | Hawke's Bay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1913-14 to 1919-20 | Wellington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 23 October 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Smyrk was a spin bowler, useful lower-order batsman and fine fieldsman.[1][2] His best first-class bowling figures were 4 for 45 in his last match, for Wellington against Hawke's Bay in 1920.[3]
Smyrk served as a sapper with the Samoa Expeditionary Force in the Occupation of German Samoa in 1914.[4] He returned to New Zealand in March 1915 and married Jessie Arnold in Napier on 7 April.[5]