Player Profiles - Jonathan Smith

NAME: Jonathan Smith

ALSO KNOWN AS: Smudger

DEBUT SEASON: 1989

WHAT DO YOU BRING TO THE SIDE? Comedy keeping

5 WORDS TO DESCRIBE YOUR CRICKET STYLE: Batsman, bowler, keeper, none of these (oh bugger, that’s six words)

MOST MEMORABLE DORCHESTER MOMENT: A hat-trick at Ticknall and ‘that six’ at Leicester Teachers

FAMOUS PLAYER YOU MOST RELATE TO: Bruce Reid (he’s bult like a beanpole Bull)

FIXTURE LOOKING FORWARD TO MOST: Repton

FAVOURITE PLACE PLAYED EVER: Repton again

FAVOURITE MUSIC: Joy Division, Elbow, Arcade Fire, The Smiths, Queens of the Stone Age, P J Harvey, Nick Drake, Laura Veirs, John Shuttleworth and most things not MoR

FAVOURITE FEMALE: Rachel Weisz, Juliet Binoche, Lauren Laverne

SOMETHING YOU’RE GOOD AT THAT PEOPLE DON’T KNOW: My Sunday lunch can be rather good

YOUR BEST STRESS RELIEVER: A strum on the guitar, a good book, cooking, time in the garden, a glass of wine, a good gig, walking the dog, cycling (although not all at the same time, that would be quite stressful)

YOUR IDEAL JOB: Rock God, TMS commentator

ONE THING YOU WOULD CHANGE ABOUT YOURSELF: I’d have oodles of cricketing talent (or even just a little)

DCC Career Stats

Matches

Innings

Not Outs

Runs

H/S

Average

248

162

62

1585

64

15.85

Overs

Maidens

Runs

Wickets

Average

1377.5

214

5436

240

22.65

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