Full name Graham Stuart Smith Role Cricket Player Name Graham Smith | 1949 Leicestershire Batting style Right-handed | |
Born 4 July 1923 ( 1923-07-04 ) Leicester, Leicestershire,
England Died April 3, 1997, Cosby, United Kingdom | ||
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.
Smith made a single first-class appearance for Leicestershire against Northamptonshire at the County Ground, Northampton, in the 1949 County Championship. 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. This was his only major appearance for Leicestershire.
He died at Cosby, Leicestershire, on 3 April 1997.