Graham Stuart Smith (4 July 1923 – 3 April 1997) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Leicester, Leicestershire.
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Full name | Graham Stuart Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1923-07-04)4 July 1923 Leicester, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 3 April 1997(1997-04-03) (aged 73) Cosby, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1949 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 29 February 2012 |
Smith made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Northamptonshire at the County Cricket Ground, Northampton, in the 1949 County Championship.[1] Northamptonshire won the toss and elected to bat, scoring 239 runs in their first-innings. In response, Leicestershire made 264 runs in their first-innings, with Smith scoring 22 runs in it, before being dismissed by Gordon Brice. Northamptonshire had an improved batting display in their second-innings, declaring on 350/5. This left Leicestershire with a target of 326 for victory, in their second-innings chase they made 271/7 before the match was declared a draw. Smith scored 7 runs in this innings, before being dismissed by Bill Barron.[2] This was his only major appearance for Leicestershire.
He died at Cosby, Leicestershire, on 3 April 1997.