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Frank Brunton Smith (13 March 1922, Rangiora, Canterbury – 6 July 1997, Christchurch, Canterbury) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in four Tests from 1947 to 1952. His father Frank〔(Frank Smith at Cricket Archive )〕 played for Canterbury in the 1920s; Brun's son Geoff〔(Geoff Smith at Cricket Archive )〕 played for Canterbury in the 1970s. An aggressive middle-order batsman, Brun Smith played for Canterbury in the Plunket Shield from 1946-47 to 1952-53. After scoring 106 out of a Canterbury total of 194 against Auckland in January 1947, he made his Test debut against England a few weeks later, scoring 18. His highest first-class score was 153 for Canterbury against Otago in Christchurch in the 1948-49 season, when his 392 runs at 56.00 helped Canterbury to win the Plunket Shield. He toured England in 1949, scoring 1008 runs at 28.00, and playing two Tests. In the First Test at Headingley he scored 96 in two hours in the first innings and 54 in the second.〔Wisden 1950, pp. 227-28.〕 He made 23 in the Second Test, and was then replaced by John Reid, making his Test debut, for the Third and Fourth Tests. He played in the First Test against the West Indies at Christchurch in 1951-52, top-scoring in the second innings with 37 despite a strained leg muscle.〔Wisden 1953, p. 837.〕 It was his last Test. His Test average of 47.40 places him third (after Stewie Dempster and Martin Donnelly) among New Zealanders with 200 or more Test runs.〔Wisden 2012, pp. 1437-44.〕 Dick Brittenden said, "Smith's batting was always violent, usually brilliant. Not that it was always a sound proposition."〔R.T. Brittenden, ''New Zealand Cricketers'', A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1961, p. 154.〕 Smith once scored a century before lunch for Canterbury, and hit 155 in 62 minutes in a club game in Christchurch.〔R.T. Brittenden, ''New Zealand Cricketers'', A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, 1961, p. 156.〕 He was a primary school teacher and principal in Christchurch.〔Wisden 1998, p. 1440.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brun Smith」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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