Ian Smith (cricketer, 1925)

Ian Smith (cricketer, 1925)

Player information
Surname	Vivian Ian Smith
Born	February 23, 1925 Durban , South Africa
Died	August 25, 2015 at the age of 90
Batting style	Right handed
Bowling style	Right-handed legbreak
International games
National team	South Africa
Career statistics
Game form	test	FC
Games	9	97
Runs (total)	39	547
Batting average	3.89	10.32
100s / 50s	0/0	0/0
Highscore	11 *	37
Balls	1655	22088
Wickets	12	365
Bowling Average	64.08	22.55
5 wickets in innings	0	26th
10 wickets in play	0	8th
Best bowling performance	4/143	9/88
Catches / stumpings	3 / -	37 / -
Source: Cricket Archive ,

Vivian Ian Smith (born February 23, 1925 in Durban - † August 25, 2015 ) was a South African cricketer who took part in nine test matches for the South African national team between 1947 and 1957 .

Smith was a right-handed leg-break - Bowler and a lower-order right-handed batsman . He made his Test debut against England in 1947 , scoring seven wickets (3/46 and 4/143). In the 1949/1950 season he played three Tests against Australia in South Africa . He played one further test in England in 1955 and against Australia in the 1957/58 season . However, he did not manage to build on his performance in the first test, as he only scored five wickets in the other eight tests.

From the 1945/46 season to 1957/58 he played in national South African cricket for Natal . His best bowling performance was 9/88 in the innings and 12/194 in the game against Border in the 1946/1947 season . Smith died on August 25, 2015.

Web links

• Profile on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ^ 1st Test, South Africa tour of England at Nottingham, Jun 9-13 1955 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
2. ^ Natal v Border 1946-47
3. ↑ Former SA legspinner Ian Smith this at 90 ( English ) Cricinfo. August 26, 2015. Retrieved August 26, 2015.