Roy Smith (20 January 1910 – 19 October 1971) was an English

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er. Smith was a right-handed

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. He was born at

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. Smith made his debut for

in the 1931

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against

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. Smith played

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cricket for Staffordshire from 1931 to 1954 (excluding the six seasons in which there was no

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due to

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), making 98 appearances. In 1949, he made a single first-class appearance for a combined

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team against

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. In the Minor Counties first-innings, he was dismissed for 29 runs by Allan Mason, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for a

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Fred Trueman Frederick Sewards Trueman, (6 February 1931 – 1 July 2006) was an English cricketer who played for Yorkshire County Cricket Club and the England cricket team. He had professional status and later became an author and broadcaster. Acknowled ...

. Yorkshire won the match by 136 runs. He died at

Great Chell Chell is a suburb of the city of Stoke-on-Trent in the ceremonial county of Staffordshire, England, that can be subdivided into Little Chell, Great Chell and Chell Heath. It lies on the northern edge of the city, approximately from Tunstall, S ...

on 19 October 1971. He had a brother and nephew who both played for Staffordshire.

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