William Smith (February 10, 1819 — February 6, 1883) was an English cricketer. He was a wicket-keeper who played first-class cricket for Kent. He was born and died in Gravesend.
Smith made his first-class debut in 1840 in a game between Kent and England, in which he was bowled out in his debut first-class innings by William Lillywhite, uncle of English Test cricketer James Lillywhite. Smith made two further first-class appearances over the next four years, before taking a twelve-year break from the game.
He was to return in 1856 to play a game against Marylebone Cricket Club in which he made his best first-class total of 24. Two further county matches followed in 1856, and in his final first-class game, in 1857, he navigated his way through a low-scoring affair to finish not out for 15 in the first innings, but caught off the bowling of James Grundy in the second.
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“If you wish to make a man look noble, your best course is to kill him. What superiority he may have inherited from his race, what superiority nature may have personally gifted him with, comes out in death.”
—Alexander Smith (1830–1867)