David Bertram Miller Smith (14 September 188429 July 1963) was an Australian sportsman.

Football career

His father was a champion

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er for

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when Carlton was still in the

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(VFA) competition. Although born in Richmond, Dave Smith played 142 games of Australian rules football in the

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(VFL) with

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from 1903 to 1913,In 1910 ''The Argus'' featured photographs of Smith demonstrating the stab-kick; se
"'The Stab Kick' — A Football Development", ''The Argus'', (Monday 27 June 1910), p.6.
/ref> scoring 114 goals, captaining the Essendon team in its 1911 premiership year; his decision to go to Essendon (which, at the time, was playing its home games at the nearby Richmond) was because

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was a member of the VFA at the time. He later played one match for Richmond in 1914, scoring three goals, and then retired.

Cricket career

He played district cricket with Richmond Cricket Club, captaining the team from 1910 to 1915, scoring 2404 runs, and winning the batting average in seasons 1908–09 and 1909–10. He played 46 first-class matches for

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and various Australian teams. He toured New Zealand with the Australian side in 1909–10, and England with the Australians in 1912, where he played in two of the Test matches. Having failed to appear at a disciplinary hearing of the

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, conducted on the 1912 team's return to Australia to answer allegations that had been specifically levelled against him of indiscipline, drunken brawling, rudeness towards the English public, claiming illness, he never played another first-class match.

Footnotes

References

* Hogan P: ''The Tigers of Old'', Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996. * Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. * Ross, J. (ed), ''100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported'', Viking, (Ringwood), 1996.

External links

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Brydon Coverdale, "Australia's Winter Allrounders: XI Test Cricketers who played Australian Rules football at the highest level", ''Cricinfo'', 28 May 2007
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, David 1884 births 1963 deaths Australia Test cricketers Victoria cricketers Richmond cricketers Essendon Football Club players Essendon Football Club Premiership players Essendon Football Club coaches Richmond Football Club players People from Richmond, Victoria Australian rules footballers from Melbourne Australian cricketers One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players Cricketers from Melbourne