Batting style Right-handed 1950–1955 Leicestershire | Name John Smith Role Cricket Player | |
Full name John Westwood Rowley Smith Born 28 July 1924 ( 1924-07-28 ) Clarendon Park, Leicestershire,
England Died December 12, 1991, Bruntingthorpe, United Kingdom | ||
John Westwood Rowley Smith (28 July 1924 – 12 December 1991) was an English cricketer. Smith was a right-handed batsman who fielded as a wicket-keeper. He was born at Clarendon Park, Leicestershire.
Smith made his first-class debut for Leicestershire against the touring West Indians in 1950. He made two further first-class appearances for Leicestershire, against Nottinghamshire in the 1950 County Championship, and Oxford University in 1955. He scored 5 runs in his three first-class appearances, while behind the stumps he took a single catch and made a single stumping.
He died at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire on 12 December 1991.
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