C. L. A. Smith
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Charles Lawrence Arthur Smith (1 January 1879-22 November 1949) was an English
cricketer
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C.L.A. Smith was born in Henfield
, Sussex
and played first-class cricket for Sussex between 1898 and 1911. He captained the county team between 1906 and 1909. He was the second of only six native-born cricketers to captain the county club.
He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He played in 220 matches, scoring 5844 runs at an average of 19.54, with two hundreds and 23 fifties. He took 148 catches and took nine wickets at an average of 65.00. His best bowling performance was 1-0.
He died at Wineham, Henfield
in 1949, aged 70.
His father C.H. Smith and uncle A. Smith also played first-class cricket for the county.
England
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cricketer
Cricketer
A cricketer is a person who plays the sport of cricket. Official and long-established cricket publications prefer the traditional word "cricketer" over the rarely used term "cricket player"....
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C.L.A. Smith was born in Henfield
Henfield
Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 5,012...
, Sussex
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
and played first-class cricket for Sussex between 1898 and 1911. He captained the county team between 1906 and 1909. He was the second of only six native-born cricketers to captain the county club.
He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler. He played in 220 matches, scoring 5844 runs at an average of 19.54, with two hundreds and 23 fifties. He took 148 catches and took nine wickets at an average of 65.00. His best bowling performance was 1-0.
He died at Wineham, Henfield
Henfield
Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. The parish has a land area of . In the 2001 census 5,012...
in 1949, aged 70.
His father C.H. Smith and uncle A. Smith also played first-class cricket for the county.
External links
- Cricinfo article on Charles Smith
- Charles Smith at Cricket Archive