Frank Smith (umpire)

{{short description|English cricketer and umpire}}

{{About|the English umpire|other people with the same name|Frank Smith (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Frank Smith

| image = Frank Smith umpire.jpg

| caption = Frank Smith

| country = England

| fullname = Frank Ernest Smith

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1872|5|13|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|12|3|1872|5|13|df=yes}}

| death_place = Sedbergh, Yorkshire

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Left-arm orthodox spin

| club1 = Surrey

| year1 = 1893–1908

| club2 = London County

| year2 = 1901–1902

| club3 = Transvaal

| year3 = 1906–1907

| umpire = true

| testsumpired = 5

| umptestdebutyr = 1902

| umptestlastyr = 1910

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 68

| runs1 = 578

| bat avg1 = 9.79

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 45

| deliveries1 = 10,358

| wickets1 = 194

| bowl avg1 = 20.36

| fivefor1 = 9

| tenfor1 = 3

| best bowling1 = 6/12

| catches/stumpings1 = 31/–

| date = 21 September

| year = 2008

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20244.html CricInfo

}}

Frank Ernest Smith (13 May 1872 – 3 December 1943) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket between 1893 and 1908. He played 68 games and later umpired.

He was born at Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk.

As a player, Smith played for Surrey County Cricket Club as part of the County Championship-winning sides of 1893 and 1895 and was awarded his county cap in 1894.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228198.html Smith, Frank Ernest], Obituaries in 1943, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1944. Retrieved 2018-04-05. His best season was in 1894 when he took 95 wickets with his "rather slow" left-handed deliveries. He made 11 appearances for the short-lived London County between 1901 and 1902 and played once for Transvaal in 1907, spending many years coaching in South Africa during the English off-season.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/2/2817/2817.html Frank Smith], CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-04-05. As an umpire, he stood in five Test matches between 1902 and 1910, all in South Africa.

After playing Smith coached at Sedbergh School in Yorkshire. He died at Sedbergh in 1943 aged 71.[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/20244.html Frank Smith], CricInfo. Retrieved 2018-04-05.