Edwin Smith (cricketer, born 1934)

For other people named Edwin Smith, see Edwin Smith (disambiguation).

Edwin Smith (born 2 January 1934) is a former county cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1951 and 1971 and took over 1200 wickets.

Edwin Smith

Personal information
Born	(1934-01-02) 2 January 1934 Grassmoor, Derbyshire, England
Batting	Right-handed
Bowling	Right-arm off-break
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1951–1971	Derbyshire
FC debut	6 June 1951 Derbyshire v Hampshire
Last FC	1 September 1971 Derbyshire v Surrey
LA debut	22 May 1963 Derbyshire v Hampshire
Last LA	2 May 1971 Derbyshire v Yorkshire
Career statistics
Competition First-class LA Matches 503 8 Runs scored 6,998 89 Batting average 13.20 14.83 100s/50s 0/8 0/0 Top score 90 28 Balls bowled 78,328 253 Wickets 1,217 2 Bowling average 25.84 82.00 5 wickets in innings 51 0 10 wickets in match 4 0 Best bowling 9/46 1/46 Catches/stumpings 207/– 4/–
Source: CricketArchive, 7 April 2011

Smith was born in Grassmoor, Derbyshire. He played his entire first-class career for Derbyshire, playing 503 First Class matches in a career spanning 20 years from 1951 to 1971.

Smith was primarily an off-spin bowler and took 1217 first-class wickets at an average of 25.84, with 51 5 wicket innings and a best performance of 9 for 46. He was also a useful lower middle order batsman and scored nearly 7000 runs with a highest score of 90.

England had a number of very good off-spin bowlers during Smith's career, including Jim Laker, Fred Titmus, David Allen and Ray Illingworth, which restricted his opportunities to play Test cricket.

External links

• Edwin Smith at ESPNcricinfo