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Henry George Smoker (1 March 1881 – 7 September 1966)〔 was an English all-round sportsman, who played football for Southampton and cricket for Hampshire and Cheshire. ==Football career== Smoker was born at Hinton Ampner, near Alresford, Hampshire, the son of George Smoker who had played cricket for Hampshire in the 1880s. Henry signed for Southampton of the Southern Football League in the close-season of 1900, but spent most of his career at The Dell in the reserves. Described as "''a speedy left-winger who favoured taking on the full-back rather than delivering the early cross''", Smoker eventually made his first-team debut over three years after joining the "Saints" when he took the place of the injured Dick Evans for the match against Wellingborough Town on 7 November 1903. His only other appearance for Southampton came on 2 January 1904; Evans was now out with a serious leg injury and trainer Bill Dawson had tried to fill the vacancy at outside-left, firstly with John Fraser and then Harry Turner, before settling on Joe Turner, with Southampton going on to claim their sixth, and last, Southern League championship.〔 In the summer of 1904, Smoker decided to quit professional football to concentrate on his cricket career.〔 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「Henry Smoker」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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