Dennis Smith (cricketer)
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Horace Dennis Smith was a New Zealand
cricket
er who played in one Test
in 1933.
He took his only Test wicket with his first delivery, the seventh Test bowler to achieve the feat . The wicket came against England on their 1932-33 tour when he bowled Eddie Paynter
, but sent down another 119 deliveries without success and was never picked for his country again.
He played 10 other games of first class cricket, 6 for Canterbury
and 4 for Otago
, taking 17 wickets at 33.52 in all and scoring 404 runs at 22.44 with a best of 52. He was born on 8 January 1913 in Toowoomba, Queensland
, Australia
and died on 25 January 1986 in Christchurch
, Canterbury aged 73.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played in one Test
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
in 1933.
He took his only Test wicket with his first delivery, the seventh Test bowler to achieve the feat . The wicket came against England on their 1932-33 tour when he bowled Eddie Paynter
Eddie Paynter
Edward "Eddie" Paynter was an English cricketer: an attacking batsman and excellent fielder. His Test batting average of 59.23 is the fifth highest of all time, and second only to Herbert Sutcliffe amongst Englishmen; against Australia alone Paynter averaged an extraordinary 84.42.Born in...
, but sent down another 119 deliveries without success and was never picked for his country again.
He played 10 other games of first class cricket, 6 for Canterbury
Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
and 4 for Otago
Otago
Otago is a region of New Zealand in the south of the South Island. The region covers an area of approximately making it the country's second largest region. The population of Otago is...
, taking 17 wickets at 33.52 in all and scoring 404 runs at 22.44 with a best of 52. He was born on 8 January 1913 in Toowoomba, Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and died on 25 January 1986 in Christchurch
Christchurch
Christchurch is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the country's second-largest urban area after Auckland. It lies one third of the way down the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula which itself, since 2006, lies within the formal limits of...
, Canterbury aged 73.