Haydon Smith
Haydon Arthur Smith (29 March 1901 – 7 August 1948) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Leicestershire from 1925 to 1939. He was born and died at Groby, Leicestershire. He was the uncle of later Leicestershire cricketer Terry Spencer.
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| Full name | Haydon Arthur Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 March 1901 Groby, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 August 1948 (aged 47) Groby, Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Terry Spencer, nephew | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1925–39 | Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First-class debut | 20 May 1925 Leicestershire v Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last First-class | 29 August 1939 Leicestershire v Glamorgan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 28 July 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Smith was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast bowler. Early in his career he was considered promising as a batsman and scarcely bowled, but his batting did not develop and although he often made runs he was largely "a useful hitter". Unusually for the fast bowlers of his period, he was a good fielder, taking 257 catches in his 341 first-class games.
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