Life and Career
An all-rounder who gave sterling service for Sussex as a left-handed batsman and, later in his career, a left arm medium pacer, he scored over 1,500 runs in 1949 to establish himself in their first team. Equally adept at opening the batting, or scoring runs in the middle order as required, Smith's bowling blossomed at the age of 32 when he took 73 wickets, and more good form in 1957, saw him selected for England against the West Indies. Although he found little success in his three Tests against them (amassing 25 runs in four innings), he did score 147 for his county against the tourists.
After retiring from playing cricket in 1962, he became the coach and groundsman at Lancing College, before coaching Sri Lanka in their early days of Test cricket. Smith emigrated to Australia.
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