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General Cricket => Players => Topic started by: Visigoth on October 26, 2011, 02:03:31 AM
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Actor and founder of the Hollywood Cricket club.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20230.html (http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/20230.html)
Amusing Anecdote:
Decades after his cricket career had ended, when he had long been a famous face in films, Smith was spotted in the pavilion on a visit to Lord's. "That man over there seems familiar", remarked one member to another. "Yes", said the second, seemingly oblivious to his Hollywood fame, "Chap called Smith. Used to play for Sussex."
Origin of his nickname: "Round the Corner" Smith, also amusing
But the most striking aspect of his bowling was a curious, curved approach to the wicket that earned him the unwieldy nickname `Round The Corner'. "Sometimes he started from a deep mid-off position, at others from behind the umpire," said Wisden and WG Grace remarked: "It is rather startling when he suddenly appears at the bowling crease."
(http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e25/mdmoorman/HCC1936.jpg)
HCC 1936 Errol Flynn front row, far left , pipe. Smith front row/ cap/ pipe/ blazer