William Brook-Smith

William Brook-Smith (1 May 1885 – 2 August 1952) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played 29 first-class matches for Auckland between 1905 and 1923.[1]

William Brook-Smith
Brook-Smith in the 1907-08 season
Personal information
Born(1885-05-01)1 May 1885
Auckland, New Zealand
Died2 August 1952(1952-08-02) (aged 67)
Auckland, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1904-05 to 1922-23Auckland
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 30
Runs scored 1279
Batting average 27.21
100s/50s 2/4
Top score 112*
Balls bowled 1008
Wickets 24
Bowling average 26.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/63
Catches/stumpings 16/0
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 January 2020

Career

In his first first-class match, aged 19, Brook-Smith scored 112 not out, reaching his century in 105 minutes, against Hawke's Bay in March 1905. He and James Hussey added 115 for the ninth wicket. Auckland won by an innings, and nobody else in the match reached 50.[2][3] In December 1905 The New Zealand Herald described him as a "stylish and dashing young batsman, particularly good in late cutting, and free scorer all round [the] wicket".[4]

In 1907-08 he played in the first Plunket Shield match, opening the batting with Lancelot Hemus and making 53 of their partnership of 100.[5] Later that season he scored 110, the only century of the match, when Auckland beat Otago.[6] In 1910-11 he was the highest scorer in a low-scoring match against Wellington, making 33 and 72 not out in a narrow victory that enabled Auckland to retain the Plunket Shield.[7]

He played once for New Zealand, in their last match before World War I, scoring 46 and 18 against Australia in March 1914.[8]

See also

References
  1. "William Brook-Smith". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
  2. "Interprovincial Cricket". New Zealand Herald: 7. 25 March 1905.
  3. "Auckland v Hawke's Bay 1904-05". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  4. "Cricket: The Auckland Representative Team". New Zealand Herald: 7. 23 December 1905.
  5. "Canterbury v Auckland 1907-08". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  6. "Auckland v Otago 1907-08". CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  7. "Auckland v Wellington 1910-11". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2020.
  8. T. W. Reese, New Zealand Cricket: 1841–1914, Simpson & Williams, Christchurch, 1927, p. 574.
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