Frank Smith (umpire)
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Frank Ernest Smith was a first-class
cricket
er who played 68 games, and later umpired
.
His first-class playing career lasted from 1893 to the 1906/07 season during which time he represented Surrey, London County
and Transvaal
. He was noted as a slow orthodox left hand bowler.
As an umpire, he stood in five Test matches between 1902 and 1910.
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
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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 68 games, and later umpired
Umpire (cricket)
In cricket, an umpire is a person who has the authority to make judgements on the cricket field, according to the Laws of Cricket...
.
His first-class playing career lasted from 1893 to the 1906/07 season during which time he represented Surrey, London County
London County Cricket Club
London County Cricket Club was a short-lived cricket club founded by the Crystal Palace Company. In 1898 they invited WG Grace to help them form a first-class cricket club. Grace accepted the offer and became the club's secretary, manager and captain. As a result, he severed his connection with...
and Transvaal
Transvaal cricket team
Gauteng cricket team is the first-class cricket team of the province of Gauteng in South Africa....
. He was noted as a slow orthodox left hand bowler.
As an umpire, he stood in five Test matches between 1902 and 1910.