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SANDHAM, A
SEWELL, COH
SHREWSBURY, A
SMITH, EJ
STEVENS, GTS
STODDART, A.E
SUTCLIFFE, H
Name: Smith, Ernest James
Position: Wicket-Keeper and Opening bat
Date of Birth: 1886, Feb 6
Place of Birth: Birmingham
Died: 1979, Aug 31
   
Wills, Cricketers 1928 [1928]
Tests:11 for England
 Batting and Fielding
Bowling
I No HS Runs Avg 100 50 Ct St
14 1 22 113 8.69 - - 17 3
Balls Runs Wkts Avg BB 5wl 10wM
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His passing closed off a great deal of cricket history.
He had played both with and against WG Grace.
Kept wicket for England against Australia in the First World War.
At the time of his death he had been the oldest living Test cricketer.
He kept wicket for Warwickshire from 1904 despite the loss of two fingertips in a works accident.
He made his test debut in 1911.
He continued to play for Warwickshire until 1930 at which point he became an Umpire.

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