Lynton Morby-Smith

{{short description|South African cricketer}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Lynton Morby-Smith

| image =

| country = South Africa

| fullname = Lynton Morby-Smith

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1936|5|27|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Durban, Natal, South Africa

| death_date =

| death_place =

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm off-spin

| role =

| club1 = Natal

| year1 = 1958-59 to 1960-61

| club2 = Western Province

| year2 = 1963-64 to 1966-67

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 35

| runs1 = 1743

| bat avg1 = 34.17

| 100s/50s1 = 2/11

| top score1 = 127

| deliveries1 = 50

| wickets1 = 2

| bowl avg1 = 16.50

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 1/30

| catches/stumpings1 = 19/0

| date = 13 August

| year = 2014

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14148/14148.html Cricket Archive

}}

Lynton Morby-Smith (born 27 May 1936, Durban, Natal, South Africa) is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1958 to 1967.

Morby-Smith made his first-class debut for Natal in 1958–59, playing five matches and scoring 223 runs at an average of 37.16.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14148/f_Batting_by_Season.html Lynton Morby-Smith batting by season] He continued to play for Natal in 1959-60 and 1960–61, with more moderate results. He toured England in 1961 with the South African Fezela XI of promising young players.

After a two-year gap he resumed his career in 1963–64 with Western Province. In four matches in the Currie Cup he scored 451 runs at 56.37 batting at number three. In the first three matches he made 99 and 41 against Eastern Province,[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26542.html Western Province v Eastern Province 1963-64] 60 and 101 (his first century) against Transvaal,[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26551.html Western Province v Transvaal 1963-64] and 77 and 31 against Natal.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/26/26563.html Western Province v Natal 1963-64] He was one of the South African Cricket Annual Cricketers of the Year.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/Overall/South_African_Cricket_Annual_Cricketers_of_the_Year.html South African Cricket Annual Cricketers of the Year]

Morby-Smith made his highest score, 127, in a friendly match against Eastern Province in 1964–65.[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/27/27132.html Eastern Province v Western Province 1964-65] After captaining Western Province in 1966–67 he retired from first-class cricket.