Henry George Smoker (1 March 1881 – 7 September 1966) was an English sportsman who played football for Southampton and first-class cricket for Hampshire.
[1] Smoker 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.
[1] Described as "a speedy left-winger who favoured taking on the full-back rather than delivering the early cross",[2] he eventually made his first-team debut over three years after joining Southampton when he took the place of the injured Dick Evans for the match against Wellingborough Town on 7 November 1903.
[3] 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.
[2] Smoker made his debut in first-class cricket for Hampshire against Lancashire at Portsmouth in the 1901 County Championship.