Frank Smith (cricketer, born 1893)

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

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{{Use New Zealand English|date=January 2024}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Frank Smith

| image =

| country =

| fullname = Frank Aston Smith

| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|3|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Kaiapoi, North Canterbury, New Zealand

| death_date = {{death date and age|1975|10|18|1893|3|21|df=yes}}

| death_place = Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

| family = Brun Smith (son)
Geoff Smith (grandson)

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling =

| role =

| club1 = Canterbury

| year1 = 1922-23

| columns = 1

| column1 = FC

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 58

| bat avg1 = 14.50

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 39

| deliveries1 = 0

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–

| date = 19 September 2020

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22873/22873.html CricketArchive

}}

Frank Aston Smith (21 March 1893 – 18 October 1975) was a New Zealand cricketer who played two matches of first-class cricket for Canterbury in the 1922–23 season. His son Brun played Test cricket for New Zealand.{{cite web | url-access=subscription |url = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22873/22873.html | title = Frank Smith| publisher = CricketArchive| access-date =19 September 2020}}

Smith worked as a carpenter in Christchurch. In World War I he served overseas as a sapper with the New Zealand Engineers.{{cite web |url = https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C65116| title = Frank Aston Smith | publisher = Auckland Museum| access-date =19 September 2020}} He married Mary Catherine Brunton (1891–1971) in June 1921.{{cite web |url = https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/19468194/person/806497002/facts | title = Frank Aston Smith | publisher = Ancestry.com| accessdate =19 September 2020}} He died in Christchurch in October 1975, aged 82.{{cite journal |title=Deaths |journal=Press |date=20 October 1975 |page=27 |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19751020.2.162}}