William Alexander Bremner Smith (22 July 1902 – 21 December 1937) was a Scottish

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er. A right-handed batsman and right-arm fast-medium bowler,CricketArchive profile
/ref> he played once for the Scotland national cricket team in 1927.CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
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Biography

Born in

Greenock Greenock (; sco, Greenock; gd, Grianaig, ) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council areas of Scotland, council area in Scotland, United Kingdom and a former burgh of barony, burgh within the Counties of Scotland, historic ...

in 1902, he played club cricket for Greenock Cricket Club, taking 268 wickets at an average of 13.55.CricketEurope Stats Zone biography
/ref> His first match against international opposition came for the West of Scotland Cricket Club against

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in 1926.Other matches played by William Smith
at CricketArchive He played his only match for Scotland the following year, a first-class match against Ireland. Soon after this, he moved to the

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, and played twice for

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against Shanghai and Hong Kong in 1929. He played a match for the

against the

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the following year, and played in the fixture a second time in 1934. He died in Kuala Lumpur in 1937.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, William 1902 births 1937 deaths Cricketers from Greenock Federated Malay States cricketers Cricketers from British Malaya Scottish cricketers