Lives in Cricket No 40 - Edwin Smith

32 The confidence that Edwin got from such a successful season and the award of his cap sent him into the winter content. In some quarters he was being spoken of as a potential England player, the former Gloucestershire off-spinner Tom Goddard pronouncing him ‘the best young spin bowler I have seen this summer’. It gave him something to build on in 1955. First team regular - and capped Legendary club groundsman Walter Goodyear and Donald Carr at the County Ground.