David Smith (Gloucestershire cricketer)
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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.
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Full name | David Robert Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1934-10-05)5 October 1934 Fishponds, Bristol, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 December 2003(2003-12-17) (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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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]