Background
He was born at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
He was born at Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire.
Smith was a right-handed batsman. Smith made his debut for Staffordshire in the 1931 Minor Counties Championship against Durham. Smith played Minor counties cricket for Staffordshire from 1931 to 1954 (excluding the six seasons in which there was no county cricket due to World World War II), making 98 appearances.
In 1949, he made a single first-class appearance for a combined Minor Counties team against Yorkshire at Lord"son
In the Minor Counties first-innings, he was dismissed for 29 runs by Allan Mason, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a duck by Fred Trueman. He died at Great Chell, Staffordshire on 19 October 1971.