James Douglas Smith (born 26 June 1940) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Northern Districts from 1967 to 1972.
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| Full name | James Douglas Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 June 1940 Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1967/68–1971/72 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 December 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A right-arm fast bowler, Jim Smith had a successful first season in Plunket Shield cricket in 1967–68, taking 15 wickets in five matches at an average of 29.20, including his career-best figures of 5 for 80 against Auckland.[1][2] However, he was less successful in ten more first-class matches over the next four seasons.[citation needed]
He also played Hawke Cup cricket for Waikato from 1969 to 1974. He took 32 wickets at an average of 6.37 in four matches in 1969-70 when Waikato resisted three challenges before losing to Southland.[3] In the victory over Horowhenua he took 5 for 13 and 8 for 25.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Bowling in Plunket Shield 1967-68". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Auckland v Northern Districts 1967-68". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Bowling in Hawke Cup 1969-70". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
- ^ "Waikato v Horowhenua 1969-70". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 December 2017.