 Neil 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 | |||||||||||||||
Neil Durden-Smith OBE (born 18 August 1933) is an English former naval officer, sports commentator and first-class cricketer.
Durden-Smith was educated at Aldenham School and the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Devon. His service as an officer in the Royal Navy from 1952 to 1963 included a period as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand, Lord Cobham, from 1957 to 1959. [1] He worked as a radio and television sports commentator and producer in England from the 1960s to the 1990s.
He played four matches of first-class cricket in the 1960s. His highest scores were 33 and 50 in his first match, for Combined Services against Nottinghamshire in 1961. [2]
Durden-Smith was awarded the OBE in 1997. [3] He has been married to Judith Chalmers, a television presenter, since 1964. They have a son and a daughter; their son, Mark, is also a television presenter.
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