Full name Edwin George Smith Name Edwin Smith 1875–1876 Gloucestershire | Bowling style Right-arm medium Batting style Right-handed | |
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Born 29 August 1848 ( 1848-08-29 ) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England Died 5 April 1880(1880-04-05) (aged 31)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England | ||
Edwin George Smith (29 August 1848 – 5 April 1880) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
Smith made his first-class debut for Gloucestershire against Nottinghamshire in 1875. In this match, he scored 12 runs in Gloucestershire's first-innings, before being dismissed by William Clarke, with the match ending in a draw. The following season he made his second and final first-class appearance for the county, against Yorkshire. In this match, he scored 14 runs in Gloucestershire's first-innings, before being dismissed by Tom Armitage, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a duck by Robert Clayton.
He died at the town of his birth on 5 April 1880.