# Jack Smart (cricketer) > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jack_Smart_(cricketer) > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jack_Smart_(cricketer).md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Smart_(cricketer) > Source revision: 1266575239 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English cricketer and Test match umpire}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} '''John Abbotts''' (or '''Abbott''') '''Smart''' (12 April 1891 – 3 October 1979) was an English [first-class](/source/first-class_cricket) [cricket](/source/cricket)er and [Test match](/source/Test_cricket) [umpire](/source/umpire_(cricket)). Smart was born in [Forest Hill](/source/Forest_Hill%2C_Wiltshire) near [Marlborough](/source/Marlborough%2C_Wiltshire) in [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire), into a cricketing family. His father was a professional cricketer for [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire_County_Cricket_Club); and his brother [Cyril Smart](/source/Cyril_Smart) played first-class cricket for [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club) and [Glamorgan](/source/Glamorgan_County_Cricket_Club), who set a world record in 1935 by hitting 32 [runs off one over](/source/runs_off_one_over). Two other brothers played as professionals at clubs in Wales. Smart worked as a miner before becoming a professional county cricketer. He played [Minor Counties](/source/Minor_Counties) cricket for [Wiltshire](/source/Wiltshire_County_Cricket_Club) from 1910 to 1912, and made his first-class cricket debut for [Warwickshire](/source/Warwickshire_County_Cricket_Club) in 1919, playing alongside his brother Cyril from 1920 to 1922. He became a regular fixture in the Warwickshire side from 1920, playing 238 games in all. He began as an attacking batsman and occasional [off break](/source/off_break) bowler, but became the team's [wicket-keeper](/source/wicket-keeper) after the retirement of [Tiger Smith](/source/Tiger_Smith) in 1930, catching 317 victims while standing behind the stumps and [stumping](/source/stumping) 105 (in addition to 77 catches as an outfielder). He made 79 dismissals in 1932, a then county record which was bettered by [Geoff Humpage](/source/Geoff_Humpage) in 1985.{{cite web|title=Most Victims in a Season for Warwickshire|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/England/Firstclass/Warwickshire/WicketKeeping_Records/Most_Victims_Season_For.html|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 September 2010}} He scored a total of 3,425 runs in 340 innings, at the relatively low [batting average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 11.53, including 9 half-centuries (four in 1923), and a high score of 68 not out against Worcestershire in 1922. He took 22 wickets at a [bowling average](/source/bowling_average) of 57.36, with best bowling of 3/31 against Northamptonshire in 1922. He played his last first-class cricket in 1936, and turned to umpiring the following year. He umpired 4 Test matches, all played in England, two involving [India](/source/India_national_cricket_team) in 1946 and two [South Africa](/source/South_Africa_national_cricket_team) in 1947. He made his debut as a Test umpire in the 1st Test against India at [Lord's](/source/Lord's) in June 1946, standing with [Herbert Baldwin](/source/Herbert_Baldwin_(cricketer)). His second Test as umpire was the 3rd Test that August, at [the Oval](/source/the_Oval), which was spoiled by rain. He also umpired the high-scoring but drawn 1st and 5th Tests against South Africa in 1947, at [Trent Bridge](/source/Trent_Bridge) and the Oval. He finally retired in 1948. He died in [Bulkington](/source/Bulkington), near [Nuneaton](/source/Nuneaton), in Warwickshire. ==References== {{reflist}} == External links == *{{cricinfo|id=20819}} *{{cricketarchive|id=32820}} *[http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228571.html Obituary] from ''[Wisden](/source/Wisden_Cricketers'_Almanack)'', 1980 {{DEFAULTSORT:Smart, Jack}} Category:1891 births Category:1979 deaths Category:Warwickshire cricketers Category:English Test cricket umpires Category:English cricketers Category:Wiltshire cricketers Category:Wicket-keepers Category:20th-century English sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jack Smart (cricketer)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Smart_(cricketer)) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Smart_(cricketer)?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.