Arthur Smith (cricketer, born 1851)

English cricketer, born 1851
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IntroEnglish cricketer, born 1851
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasAthlete Cricketer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth28 May 1851, Hurstpierpoint
Death8 March 1923 (aged 71 years)
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Biography

Arthur Smith (28 May 1851 – 8 March 1923) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm roundarm slow-medium. He was born at Hurstpierpoint, Sussex.
Smith made his first-class debut for Sussex against Yorkshire in 1874 at the County Ground, Hove. He made eighteen further first-class appearances for Sussex, the last of which came against Surrey in 1880. Smith's role in a team was a bowler, in his nineteen first-class matches for Sussex he took 61 wickets at an average of 17.80, with best figures of 7/47. These figures were one of three five wicket hauls he took and came against Surrey in 1876, a match in which he also took figures of 5/77 to claim his only haul of ten wickets in a match. With the bat, he scored 94 runs at an average of 4.27, with a high score of 13.
He died at Amberley, Sussex, on 8 March 1923. His brother, Charles, and nephew, also called Charles, played first-class cricket, as did his uncle Alfred Smith.

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