In first-class cricket Smith made 19,814 runs at an average of 31.65 in a career that lasted from 1959 to 1980, a total that included 40 centuries.
In total Smith spent 22 seasons on the staff at Lord's Cricket Ground.
Smith was twice married and had three daughters, Debbie, Libby, Emma, and a son, Jonathan.
He clicks his tongue on the roof of his mouth to represent ball on bat as he plays an immaculate forward defensive shot."
He also recalled Smith's approach to batting: "You can never trust bowlers: they develop something new each year."