Sydney Smith (cricketer)

Sydney Smith

Personal information

Full name

Sydney Gordon Smith

Born

15 January 1881
San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago

Died

25 October 1963 (aged 82)
Auckland, New Zealand

Batting style

Left-handed

Bowling style

Slow left-arm orthodox

Domestic team information

Years

Team

1899-1900 to 1905-06

Trinidad

1907 to 1914

Northamptonshire

1917-18 to 1925-26

Auckland

Career statistics

Competition	First-class
Matches	211
Runs scored	10920
Batting average	31.28
100s/50s	14/60
Top score	256
Balls bowled	40396
Wickets	955
Bowling average	18.08
5 wickets in innings	71
10 wickets in match	19
Best bowling	9/34
Catches/stumpings	156/0

Source: Cricket Archive, 28 May 2014

Sydney Gordon Smith (15 January 1881 in San Fernando, Trinidad – 25 October 1963 at Auckland, New Zealand) was a cricketer who had three distinct careers, playing for Trinidad in the West Indies, for Northamptonshire in England and for Auckland in New Zealand. He also played for representative sides – for the West Indies side that toured England in 1906; for the MCC sides that toured the West Indies in 1910-11 and 1912-13; and for New Zealand in pre-Test cricket matches against MCC and Australian sides.

Smith was a forceful left-handed middle-order batsman and a left-arm spin bowler. He played first for Trinidad in the 1899-1900 Inter-Colonial Tournament and was successful over the next few seasons primarily as a bowler. In 1901-02 he was selected for the combined West Indies team in Trinidad against a touring team led by Richard Bennett and including England Test players Bernard Bosanquet, Frederick Fane and Rockley Wilson. He took nine wickets for 34 in the first innings and followed that with seven for 51 in the second. He was again selected for the combined West Indies team in Trinidad against Lord Brackley's team three years later.

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