Lives in Cricket No 40 - Edwin Smith

13 Early days the season was against Chesterfield Tube Works and they were top of the league. I remember we were a few players short and my brother, Arthur, dropped down to play for us so we could get something close to a team. I took six for 13 and we bowled them out for 37. After that I was seen primarily as a bowler and everything developed fairly quickly from there. Within two summers, at the age of 17, he was in the county first eleven. North Wingfield School football team, 1947-48 – Back row, left to right: Jobey Harris, Graham Winn, Derek Jones, Lol Taylor, Jack Mellors, Lenny Winn, Norman Millington, ‘Rab’ Turnbull. Centre: Edwin Smith, Alan North, Jesse Fletcher, ‘Kidder’ Beeson, Jeff Mann. Front: Frank Rough, Colin Thackray. (unknown)