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 |