 Durden-Smith (left) with Lord Cobham in 1958 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 18 August 1933 Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Batsman | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Judith Chalmers (m. 1964) Mark Durden-Smith (son) | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricket Archive, 27 November 2014 | |||||||||||||||
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