[3] In his "Scottish Football Reminiscences and Sketches" written in 1890, David Bone describes Smith thus: not by any means an impulsive player, but took in the situation quietly; and while no man ever worked harder in the field, or did more for a club, he was not what could be called a brilliant forward.

[4]In 1869, Smith's employers had gone out of business, so he moved to London to take up a post with Sir Charles Price & Co., oil merchants.

[6] After criticism that the first match featured only London-based Scotsmen, the organiser, C. W. Alcock, had written to Scottish newspapers in an effort to attract players from north of the border.

[14] In November 1872, the first officially recognised football international was arranged between Scotland and England; unlike the earlier representative matches, all of which had been played at the Kennington Oval in London, this match was played at West of Scotland Cricket Club's ground at Hamilton Crescent in Partick, Glasgow.

Although Queen's Park had made a substantial profit on the first match, Scotland were only able to afford to send seven players to London.

These players were supplemented by Smith and three other London-based Scotsmen: John Edward Blackburn and Henry Renny-Tailyour, both with the Royal Engineers, and Arthur Kinnaird.

[1] In Rock Springs, he was an active member of the community, and played a major role in the development of Sweetwater County.

[1] In 1903, he sold the newspaper and took up a post in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), based at Muskogee becoming head of the lease department, intended to help Native Americans to sell the rights to exploit the oil and gas resources on their land.