A new publication called ‘Life On The Hill’ about life in a small North Yorkshire village named ‘Greenhow’ has many Smithson’s in it and loads of old photo’s. I’m sure it will be of interest to many who visit this site. The index in the book reveals 16 Smithson’s. Find out more here. Price: £15.00 […]
Month: January 2006
Gerald Smithson, Cricketer for Yorkshire, Leicestershire and England, 1926-1970
Entry in Wisden Cricketers’ Almanac Gerald Arthur Smithson, who died suddenly on 6 September 1970, aged 43, played for Yorkshire in 1946 and 1947, his highest innings for the county being 169 against Leicestershire at Leicester in the second year. Conscripted as a Bevin Boy in the mines after the war, he received special permission, after his […]