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Mar 27, 1910 Ripley, England, United Kingdom Died on 01 Dec 1970 (aged 60)
English Test and County cricketer
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About Frank Smailes
- Frank Smailes (27 March 1910 – 1 December 1970) was an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Yorkshire, and one Test 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.
- 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.
