Cyril Smith (footballer)

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Cyril Smith
Personal information
Full name Cyril C. Smith [1]
Date of birth 1893
Place of birth Knighton, Wales
Position(s) Inside left
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Aberdare Thursday
Newtown
1912–1913 Royal Welch Fusiliers
1913–1914 Aberdare
1914–1916 Croydon Common 17 (5)
1919–1920 Crystal Palace 7 (0)
1920–1923 Charlton Athletic 7 (0)
1923–1924 Guildford United 18 (6)
1924–1925 Nuneaton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cyril C. Smith was a Welsh professional footballer who played as an inside left in the Football League for Charlton Athletic. [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Personal life

Smith served in the Royal Welch Fusiliers until 1913 and served as a private in the Middlesex Regiment's 1st Football Battalion during the early years of the First World War. [6] [7] He was gassed at Delville Wood during the Battle of the Somme and was evacuated to a hospital in Liverpool. [1] [8] Smith ended the war as a private in the Royal Army Medical Corps. [9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Croydon Common 1914–15 [1] Southern League First Division17500175
Crystal Palace 1919–20 [10] Southern League First Division700070
Charlton Athletic 1920–21 [1] Southern League English Section21653269
1921–22 [1] Third Division South 700070
Total28653339
Guildford United 1923–24 [1] Southern League Eastern Division18641227
Career total7017947921

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