Oliver Charles Kennedy Smith (born 29 October 1967) is a former English

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er. Smith was a left-handed batsman who bowled right-arm

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. He was born in Meriden,

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. Smith made 3 Youth

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appearances for England Young Cricketers against Sri Lanka Young Cricketers in 1987, with some success, scoring a single century and half century. Later in 1987, he made his only first-class appearance for

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against a Rest of the World XI. In this match, he was dismissed by Maninder Singh for a single in Gloucestershire's first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by

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for 14 runs. He made no further appearances for Gloucestershire, following spells in the Second XI, he formally left the county at the end of the 1990 season. Oliver is the son of novelist and playwright

A. C. H. Smith Anthony Charles Hockley Smith (born Anthony Charles Smith, 31 October 1935) is a British novelist and playwright from Kew. Early life and career Smith was educated at Hampton Grammar School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he ...

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