Full Name

Cyril Robert Smith

Born

November 01, 1926, South Brisbane, Queensland

Died

January 01, 2009, Sale, Victoria, (aged 82y 61d)

Batting Style

Right hand Bat

Bowling Style

Right arm Fast medium

Cyril Smith was a fast-medium bowler who played for Queensland immediately after World War Two, making his debut against the Indians in 1946-47 but only securing a regular place in 1949-50. In 1951-52 he enjoyed his best season, taking 22 wickets at 28.50, including his career-best 7 for 58 against Victoria - he reserved some of his best performances for matches against Victoria, and 32 of his 71 first-class wickets came against them. He turned our regularly in the following two summers but proved slightly expensive.
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Cyril Smith Career Stats

Batting & Fielding

FormatMatInnsNORunsHSAve100s50sCtSt
FC273911186276.6400170

Bowling

FormatMatBallsRunsWktsBBIAveEconSR5w10w
FC2752852408717/5833.912.7374.430

Debut/Last Matches of Cyril Smith

FC Matches

Span
1947/48 - 1953/54

Recent Matches of Cyril Smith

MatchBatBowlDateGroundFormat
Queensland vs South Aust53/23 & 1/4412-Feb-1954BrisbaneFC
Queensland vs West Aust--2/11 & 1/1329-Jan-1954BrisbaneFC
Queensland vs Victoria15/82 & 1/3622-Jan-1954BrisbaneFC
Queensland vs NSW142/87 & 0/3701-Jan-1954SydneyFC
Queensland vs South Aust4* & 13*1/28 & 0/1025-Dec-1953AdelaideFC