Joseph Smith (cricketer)

Joseph Abraham Smith (born 23 March 1946) is a Jamaican-born former English cricketer.

Smith made his debut for Shropshire in the 1968 Minor Counties Championship against Cambridgeshire.

Smith played Minor counties cricket for Shropshire from 1968 to 1988, which included 113 Minor Counties Championship appearances[1] and eight MCCA Knockout Trophy appearances,[2] while playing at club level for Wellington in Shropshire and Crewe in Cheshire.

[3] He made two further List A appearances for Shropshire, against Surrey in the 1978 Gillette Cup and Northamptonshire in the 1985 NatWest Trophy.

[5] Playing for Shropshire allowed him to play for the Minor Counties cricket team, with Smith making two appearances for that team in the 1982 Benson & Hedges Cup against Worcestershire and Leicestershire.