M.J.K.Smith: No Ordinary Man: No. 30 (Lives in Cricket)

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The deeds with the willow did bring him the reward an England call-up again, this time against a weak Indian side. Batting at number four now, he hit his first Test century at Old Trafford, an innings of exactly 100, and followed it up with 98 at The Oval. MJK Smith scored 39,832 runs in a 25-year career and was also capped 50 times by England, half of which came as captain between 1963 and 1966.

He had some advantages. That foundation. Brian Lara. Bowlers including Allan Donald, Gladstone Small and Tim Munton. But many skippers have had fine players under them and failed to deliver success.

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The Covid-19 pandemic led to the cancellation by the ECB of the Second Eleven Championship and the inter-county T20 competitions planned for 2020. In light of this decision, and the absence of any formal competitions, the ACS decided not to publish a Second Eleven Annual for 2021. The Brooke-Lambert Statistician of the Year was Julian Lawton Smith, for his work on the Minor Counties Project, and the two winners of the inaugural Peter Wynne-Thomas Award, for members who, by their own voluntary efforts, have provided help or other benefits to the wider membership in particular ways over a lengthy period, were John Ward and Harry Watton. I made my first-class debut for Leicestershire, the county of my birth, in 1951, immediately after leaving school. But I had played just three games when I was called up for compulsory military service. The six motions on which members had been asked for their votes were all carried by an overwhelming majority of the 97 members who had sent in valid voting papers.

Not everyone’s cup of tea, including some of those who played under him. But a great innovator and a mighty captain and leader. Jim Troughton 2011-2014 Deeply ingrained in the Bears’ culture, Troughton also did much to pass on and enrich that culture. No-one who played in his team as captain, or these days in his team as first-team coach, will take the field anything less than fiercely proud to be a Bear. Cast your vote JUMP TO: MJK Smith’s biography, facts, family, personal life, zodiac, videos, net worth, and popularity. His son Richard, who followed in his footsteps as a scorer and statistician, has written a tribute to his father. Vic’s funeral will be on Thursday 18 August 2022, 2.30pm, at Southampton (Stoneham) Crematorium. MJK Smith’s mother’s name is unknown at this time and his father’s name is under review. We will continue to update information on MJK Smith’s parents.I was mainly an on-side player. That came naturally to me. Some said MJK has a limited range of strokes. But why bother to change the style as long as you're scoring? If that is not possible, the AGM will be held ‘virtually’, and will consider only the procedural matters on which a formal decision of the membership is required. He later became an ICC match referee and officiated in four Tests between 1991 and 1993 and 17 ODIs between 1991 and 1996.

Philip will be known to many of our members as the statistical power behind many thrones, both inside and outside the ACS. There is no doubt that, without his efforts over all this time, the ACS would not be the flourishing and respected organisation that it is today. Ibadulla kept things steady at the other end. Tony Steward played out a maiden. Keith Fletcher went for a pull first ball off the next over, but the ball had bounced more than he had expected: the ball flew to Oakes. Having retired from the First Class game in 1975, he became Club Chairman between 1991 and 2003, and was an ICC match referee between 1991 and 1996.The Second Eleven Annual for 2022 will contain information about both the truncated 2020 season, and its players, as well as the normal amount of player and match detail for the 2021 season, plus the updated records. 27 February 2021 But he began very soon to make enough runs to be marked down as no ordinary batsman. By the time he went down from Oxford he had scored 201 not out in the University Match of 1954, followed by 104 in 1955 and 117 in 1956 when he was captain, a record that has never been equalled. He had been President of Vincent's Club too, an exclusive sporting establishment which is very careful about whom to have as its head; and he had played stand-off half for England.

In 1956 he captained Oxford and conformed to what had become habit by scoring another century. No other player has performed this remarkable feat of three separate hundreds in the University match, 201 not out in 1954, 104 in 1955 and 117 in 1956. Moreover, Smith's aggregate, 477, for the three matches surpassed the previous best, 457, by the Nawab of Pataudi in 1929-31. All three of his University matches were drawn. There is no formula to be a successful captain. It depends largely on two factors: Your resources - that is, your players, and the particular conditions - the pitch and the weather. The captain has to utilise the resources and conditions as well as he can. We are delighted to announce that Eric Midwinter has been awarded the Brooke-Lambert Trophy for the Statistician of the Year.A Virtual Members Meeting was held via Zoom on 26 November, to discuss forthcoming meetings (including the 2023 AGM in March, and plans to celebrate the ACS’s 50th anniversary with a lunch at Grace Road in October); social media developments; and recent and forthcoming publications. Further details here. A recording is now available via YouTube. 22 November 2022 Cambridge consisted of David John Green, Roger Prideaux, and (perhaps on a lesser note) Henry Blofeld, but they were never in the match. They lost by 85 runs. This is, perhaps, the appropriate place to record Smith's firm conviction that he is under no disadvantage in wearing them still. By having his eyes tested once a year, he considers that his eyesight is better than many others'.