Richard Smyth (cricketer, born 1951)

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Richard Smyth
Personal information
Full nameRichard Ian Smyth
Born (1951-11-19) 19 November 1951 (age 69)
Bishopwearmouth,
County Durham, England
BattingRight-handed
Bowling Leg break
RoleOccasional wicket-keeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1974 Durham
1973–1975 Cambridge University
Career statistics
Competition First-class List A
Matches214
Runs scored71139
Batting average 18.239.75
100s/50s–/3–/–
Top score6121
Balls bowled––
Wickets ––
Bowling average ––
5 wickets in innings ––
10 wickets in match––
Best bowling––
Catches/stumpings 4/––/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 December 2011

Richard Ian Smyth (born 19 November 1951) is an English school headmaster and cricketer.

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Early life

Smyth was born at Bishopwearmouth, County Durham, and educated at Sedbergh School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he gained a BA degree and PGCE. [1]

Cricket

Smyth was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break, and who occasionally fielded as a wicket-keeper. While studying at the University of Cambridge, he made his first-class cricket debut for Cambridge University against Warwickshire in 1973. He made nineteen further first-class appearances for the university, the last of which came against Oxford University in the 1975 The University Match at Lord's. [2] In his twenty first-class appearances for Oxford University, he scored a total of 679 runs at an average of 18.35, with a high score of 61. [3] This score was one of three fifties he made and came against Yorkshire in 1974. [4] He also made a single first-class appearance for a combined Oxford and Cambridge Universities side against the touring Indians in 1974. [2] Cambridge University took part in the 1974 Benson & Hedges Cup, with Smyth making his List A debut in that tournament against Kent. He played three further List A matches during that competition, against Essex, Surrey and Sussex. [5] In his four List A matches, Smyth scored a total of 39 runs at an average of 9.75, with a high score of 21. [6]

He played a single Minor Counties Championship match for his native Durham against Shropshire in 1974. [7]

Teaching

Smyth was an assistant master at Christ's Hospital and at Gresham's School, a housemaster at Wellington College, headmaster of King's School, Bruton, 1993–2004 and of St Peter's School, York 2004–09, and Principal of Fulwood Academy 2010–14. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 SMYTH, Richard Ian, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014
  2. 1 2 "First-Class Matches played by Richard Smyth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Richard Smyth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  4. ↑ "Cambridge University v Yorkshire, 1974". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  5. ↑ "List A Matches played by Richard Smyth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  6. ↑ "List A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Richard Smyth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
  7. ↑ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Richard Smyth". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2011.
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