Frank Smith (cricketer, born 1893)
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Full name | Frank Aston Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Kaiapoi, North Canterbury, New Zealand | 21 March 1893||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 18 October 1975 Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand | (aged 82)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations | Brun Smith (son) Geoff Smith (grandson) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1922-23 | Canterbury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 19 September 2020 |
Frank Aston Smith (21 March 1893 – 18 October 1975) was a New Zealand cricketer who played two matches of first-class cricket for Canterbury in the 1922–23 season. His son Brun played Test cricket for New Zealand.[1]
Smith worked as a carpenter in Christchurch. In World War I he served overseas as a sapper with the New Zealand Engineers.[2] He married Mary Catherine Brunton (1891–1971) in June 1921.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Frank Smith". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Frank Aston Smith". Auckland Museum. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
- ^ "Frank Aston Smith". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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Categories:
- 1893 births
- 1975 deaths
- New Zealand cricketers
- Canterbury cricketers
- New Zealand military personnel of World War I
- People from Kaiapoi