Paul Smith (cricketer, born 1820)
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| Full name | Paul Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
26 March 1820 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling style | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | John Smith (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricinfo, 7 August 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Smith (born 26 March 1820 – date of death unknown) was an English cricketer. Smith's batting and bowling styles are unknown.
Born at Sheffield, Yorkshire, Smith made his first-class debut for Sheffield against Manchester in 1846 at Hyde Ground Park, Sheffield. He made a second first-class fixture in that season in the return fixture between the sides at Moss Lane, Manchester.[1] In his two first-class matches, he scored a total of 68 runs at an average of 17.00, with a high score of 40.[2] With the ball, he took 6 wickets, all of which came in a single innings during the match at Manchester.[3][4] Outside of playing first-class matches for Sheffield, Smith was also active in club cricket in Newcastle and County Durham.[5] He was a pub landlord, including at the Bath Inn in Newcastle, which was the home of the Northumberland Club which he played cricket for.[5]
His brother John also played first-class cricket.
References
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by Paul Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Paul Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Paul Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- ↑ "Manchester v Sheffield, 1846". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
- 1 2 "Player profile: Paul Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 August 2013.