Full name Hugh Purefoy Smith Name Hugh Smith 1878 Sussex | Bowling style Right-arm medium Batting style Right-handed | |
Born 16 October 1856 ( 1856-10-16 ) Lasham, Hampshire, England Died 9 September 1939(1939-09-09) (aged 82)
Brighton, Sussex, England | ||
Hugh Purefoy Smith (16 October 1856 – 9 September 1939) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace. He was born at Lasham, Hampshire.
Smith made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against Surrey at the County Ground, Hove in 1878. In Surrey's first-innings, he took the wicket of Swainson Akroyd for the cost of 82 runs from 30 overs. In Sussex's first-innings, he was dismissed for 10 runs by Edward Barratt. With Sussex following-on in their second-innings, he was dismissed for a duck by Frederick Johnson. This was his only major appearance for Sussex.
He died at Brighton, Sussex on 9 September 1939.
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