Jim Smith (cricketer, born 1940)

{{short description|New Zealand cricketer}}

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

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Jim Smith

| image =

| country = New Zealand

| fullname = James Douglas Smith

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|6|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm fast

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Northern Districts

| year1 = {{nowrap|1967/68–1971/72}}

| columns = 2

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 15

| runs1 = 211

| bat avg1 = 12.41

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 27*

| deliveries1 = 2,928

| wickets1 = 33

| bowl avg1 = 38.36

| fivefor1 = 1

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 5/80

| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–

| column2 = List A

| matches2 = 1

| runs2 = 2

| bat avg2 = –

| 100s/50s2 = 0/0

| top score2 = 2*

| deliveries2 = 64

| wickets2 = 0

| bowl avg2 = –

| fivefor2 = –

| tenfor2 = –

| best bowling2 = –

| catches/stumpings2 = 0/–

| date = 4 December

| year = 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38512.html Cricinfo

}}

James Douglas Smith (born 26 June 1940) is a former New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Northern Districts from 1967 to 1972.

A right-arm fast bowler, Jim Smith had a successful first season in Plunket Shield cricket in 1967–68, taking 15 wickets in five matches at an average of 29.20, including his career-best figures of 5 for 80 against Auckland.{{cite web|title=Bowling in Plunket Shield 1967-68|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/3/Plunket_Shield_1967-68/Bowling_by_Average.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 December 2017}}{{cite web|title= Auckland v Northern Districts 1967-68|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/29/29220.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 December 2017}} However, he was less successful in ten more first-class matches over the next four seasons.{{cite web |title=First-Class Bowling in Each Season by Jim Smith |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/22/22876/f_Bowling_by_Season.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=29 December 2024}}

Smith also played Hawke Cup cricket for Waikato from 1969 to 1974. He took 32 wickets at an average of 6.37 in four matches in 1969-70 when Waikato resisted three challenges before losing to Southland.{{cite web|title=Bowling in Hawke Cup 1969-70|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/6/Hawke_Cup_1969-70/Bowling_by_Average.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 December 2017}} In the victory over Horowhenua he took 5 for 13 and 8 for 25.{{cite web|title= Waikato v Horowhenua 1969-70|url= https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/123/123615.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 December 2017}}