For the English, Australian & New Zealand clergyman and politician, see George Smailes.
Frank Smailes
Personal information
Full name
Thomas Francis Smailes
Born
(1910-03-27)27 March 1910 Ripley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Died
1 December 1970(1970-12-01) (aged 60) Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
Batting
Left-handed
Bowling
Right-arm medium
International information
National side
England
Only Test
22 June 1946 v India
Career statistics
Competition
Test
First-class
Matches
1
269
Runs scored
25
5,892
Batting average
25.00
19.25
100s/50s
0/0
3/24
Top score
25
117
Balls bowled
120
41,008
Wickets
3
822
Bowling average
20.66
20.81
5 wickets in innings
0
41
10 wickets in match
0
6
Best bowling
3/44
10/47
Catches/stumpings
0/–
154/–
Source: CricInfo, 10 September 2022
Thomas Francis Smailes (27 March 1910 – 1 December 1970)[1] was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, and one Test match for England. He was one of Yorkshire's main players in the club's outstanding years, when they won eight County Championships out of ten.
Though Smailes was never a player of the class of Sutcliffe, Hutton, Bowes, Verity or Leyland, he was extremely valuable to Yorkshire because of his versatility. He could bowl either swingers as a new ball partner to Bowes, or later off-breaks when pitches were affected by rain.[2] He was also a dangerous left-handed batsman who scored over a thousand runs in 1938, with centuries against Glamorgan and Surrey.
He lost his best potential cricketing years to the cessation of competitive cricket during World War II.[1]
^ abBateman, Colin (1993). If The Cap Fits. Tony Williams Publications. p. 148. ISBN 1-869833-21-X.
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