Cricket Career
| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gilbert Oswald Smith | |||
| Born | (1872-11-25)25 November 1872 Croydon, Surrey, England |
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| Died | 6 December 1943(1943-12-06) (aged 71) Lymington, Hampshire, England |
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| Nickname | G.O | |||
| Batting style | Right-hand | |||
| Bowling style | Right-arm fast medium | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 1893-1896 | Oxford University | |||
| 1896 | Surrey | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| First-class | ||||
| 17 | ||||
| 778 | ||||
| 29.32 | ||||
| 1/4 | ||||
| 132 | ||||
| 11/0 | ||||
| Source: Cricket archive, 24 October 2012 | ||||
In his youth, G.O. Smith was also a noted cricketer, representing Oxford University and scoring a match-winning 132 runs in the fourth innings of the 1896 Varsity Match to win the game against Cambridge. He batted right-handed. showing excellent timing with his drives and cutting beautifully, bowled reasonably well, and fielded at cover point. In the field he moved - his obituary in Wisden noted - "gracefully with quickness in all he did."
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