Career
Smith won the 1977 British Matchplay, beating Bill Lennard in the semi-finals and then Eric Bristow in the final. In 1977 he also won the Golden Darts Championship and the British Pentathlon.
Smith played in six successive Embassy World Darts Championship. In the first ever World Championship in 1978, Smith defeated Ireland's Patrick Clifford 6–0 in the first round but lost in the quarter finals to Sweden's Stefan Lord. In 1979, Smith beat USA's Conrad Daniels in the first round and then avenged his defeat of Lord in the previous year by beating him in the second round, he went on to bow out in the quarter final once more, losing to then-reigning champion Leighton Rees of Wales. Smith suffered a first round exit in 1980, lost to Tony Sontag. In 1981, he beat Wayne Lock in the first round, before losing to American Nicky Virachkul in the second round. He then suffered two successive first round exits, losing to fellow Scot Jocky Wilson in 1982 and to Australian Kevin White in 1983.
Smith reached the final of the 1980 Winmau World Masters, beating Cliff Lazarenko, Canadian Bob Sinnaeve and Virachkul to reach the final, where he lost to John Lowe.
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