M. J. K. Smith
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| Full name | Michael John Knight Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
30 June 1933 Westcotes, Leicestershire, England |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Right arm slow-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | NMK Smith (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut (cap 386) | 5 June 1958 v New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 18 July 1972 v Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1956–1975 | Warwickshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954–1956 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1951–1955 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 29 April 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Michael John Knight Smith OBE, better known as M.J.K. Smith or Mike Smith (born 30 June 1933) was a cricketer who was captain of Oxford University Cricket Club (1956), Warwickshire County Cricket Club (1957–67) and the England cricket team (1963–66). He was one of England's most popular cricket captains and, as he also played rugby union, Smith was England's last double international.
Born at Westcotes, Leicester, Smith was educated at Stamford School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, where he read geography. He was President of Vincent's Club in 1956. While at university in 1951–55 he played in the summer for Leicestershire County Cricket Club, the county of his birth. Smith came to prominence playing for Oxford University, scoring centuries in three consecutive Varsity matches against Cambridge, from 1954 to 1956. He also represented England at rugby union against Wales in 1956. He remains England's last double international to date in major sports by reference to his final appearance in 1972.Arthur Milton, a double international in football and cricket, is later in terms of his first appearance in a second sport, making his Test debut six weeks after Smith.
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