Colin Milner Smith

{{Short description|English cricketer, barrister, and judge (1936–2020)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

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| country = England

| fullname = Colin Milner Smith

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1936|11|02}}

| birth_place = Mottingham, Kent, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2020|7|10|1936|11|02}}

| death_place = Teddington, London, England

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| family = Martin Milner Smith (brother)

| batting = Right-handed

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| role = Wicket-keeper

| club1 = Oxford University

| year1 = 1958

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 16

| bat avg1 = 8.00

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 12

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/1

| date = 14 July

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20840.html Cricinfo

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Colin Milner Smith {{postnominal|QC}} (2 November 1936 – 10 July 2020) was an English judge and first-class cricketer.{{cite book |last=Booth |first=Lawrence |date=2021 |title=Wisden Cricketers' Almanack |page=285 |publisher=Bloomsbury USA |isbn=9781472975478}}

The son of Alan Milner Smith and Vera Ivy (née Cannon), he was born at Mottingham in November 1936. He was educated at Tonbridge School and spent two years in National Service with the Royal Marines before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford.{{cite journal |date=2019-12-01 |title=Smith, His Honour Colin Milner |url=https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-35286 |journal=Who's Who |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U35286 |isbn=978-0-19-954089-1 |access-date=2020-07-14 |url-access=subscription}}

While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket as a wicket-keeper for Oxford University against Sussex at Oxford in 1958.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32840/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Colin Smith |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2020-07-14 |url-access=subscription}} Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 12 runs by Ted James in the Oxford first innings, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 4 runs by the same bowler.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/22/22986.html |title=Oxford University v Sussex, 1958 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2020-07-14 |url-access=subscription}} He continued to play cricket past the age of 70, representing teams such as Old Tonbridgians, Yellowhammers, Band of Brothers, Limpsfield CC.{{Cite news |date=21 July 2020 |title=Deaths|page=55 |work=The Times}} His younger brother, Martin Milner Smith, was also a first-class cricketer.{{Cite web |title=Martin Smith |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32879/32879.html |access-date=2020-07-23 |website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite news |date=29 April 2017 |title=Dr Martin Smith - Consultant physician renowned as a formidable cricket and rackets player|page=70 |work=The Times}}

After graduating from Oxford, Smith attended University of Chicago Law School.{{cite web |title=Colin Milner Smith, QC, obituary |url=https://www.thetimes.com/edition/register/colin-milner-smith-qc-obituary-89vfppcqt |website=The Times |access-date=26 August 2020 |date=26 August 2020 |url-access=registration }} He was called to the bar as a barrister with Gray's Inn in 1962,{{cite book |title=The Law Times |date=1963 |publisher=Office of The Law times |pages=14 |volume=234 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GAcxAQAAIAAJ |language=en}} and was appointed Queen's Counsel in April 1985,{{London Gazette|issue=50097|date=19 April 1985|page=5489}} working in commercial law. He served as a circuit judge from 1991 to 2009 on the South Eastern Circuit.{{cite book |title=Graya: A Magazine for Members of Gray's Inn |date=1993 |publisher=Gray's Inn |pages=100 |issue=95 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oEZHAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}{{Cite news |date=15 May 1991 |title=Appointments |work=The Times|quote=Latest appointments include: Mr Francis David Owen, Mr Colin Milner Smith, QC, and Mr Michael Dean, QC, to be circuit judges. Mr Smith is assigned to the South Eastern Circuit...}} Smith also published a number of books on laws surrounding gambling in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n2009034717/ |title=Smith, Colin Milner |publisher=www.worldcat.org |access-date=2020-07-14}}

He married Moira Braybrooke in 1979 and they had two children. He died on 10 July 2020 at the age of 83.