Charles Hamlin Smith (31 August 1838 – 12 March 1909) was an English cricketer active from 1861 to 1874 who played for

Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ...

and was club

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from 1864 to 1874. He was born in

Albourne Albourne is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A23 road three miles (4.8 km) east of Henfield. The parish has a land area of 772.9 hectares (1909 acres). In the 2001 ...

and died in

Henfield Henfield is a large village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It lies south of London, northwest of Brighton, and east northeast of the county town of Chichester at the road junction of the A281 and A2037. Th ...

. He appeared in 63 first-class matches as a righthanded batsman who scored 1,705 runs with a highest score of 95 and took four

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s with a best performance of two for 60.Charles Smith at CricketArchive
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1838 births 1909 deaths English cricketers Sussex cricketers North v South cricketers Sussex cricket captains People from Albourne People from Henfield {{england-cricket-bio-1830s-stub