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| Full name | David Robert Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 October 1934 Fishponds, Bristol, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 December 2003 (aged 69) Bristol, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Test debut | 11 November 1961 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Test | 10 January 1962 v India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 7 November 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Smith (5 October 1934[1] – 17 December 2003) was an English cricketer, who played in five Tests for England in India in 1961–1962.
He was one of a trio of pace bowlers, along with Alan Brown and Butch White, who were given their opportunity on the eight Test, five-month tour of India and Pakistan. However, his efforts in the heat and dust of the Indian subcontinent, did not do sufficient to earn him a chance to bowl in an England Test series at home.[1]