John Smith (cricketer, born 1924)

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.