Donald Smith (Lancashire cricketer)

Donald John Smith (1 May 1929 – 3 December 2004) played first-class cricket for Lancashire in 1951 and 1952.^[1] He was born in Accrington, Lancashire and he died at Birch Vale, Stockport, Greater Manchester.

Smith was a right-arm lower-order batsman and left-arm fast medium pace bowler in the three first-class matches that he played. He scored 26 runs with a highest score of 14 and held two catches. He took four wickets with a best analysis of one for 19.^[2] Two of his first-class matches were against touring sides: the 1951 South Africans and the 1952 Indians.^[3] He played regular Minor Counties cricket between 1949 and 1953 for Cheshire and Lancashire Second Eleven.^[4]

Family background[]

Smith's father was named Stansfield Smith and he played Lancashire League cricket regularly for Accrington Cricket Club in the 1920s and once in Minor Counties cricket for Cheshire in 1949.^[5] Donald Smith's younger brother, Colin Stansfield Smith, played in 106 first-class cricket matches, mainly for Lancashire and for Cambridge University, and later became a well-known architect.^[6]

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