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Full name | James Douglas Smith | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand | 26 June 1940|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1967-68 to 1971-72 | Northern Districts | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,4 December 2017 |
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.
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]
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