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The basics
Quick facts
Intro
New Zealand cricketer
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
1 May 1882(Reefton, Buller District, West Coast Region, New Zealand)
Death:
1962(Wairoa, Wairoa District, Hawke's Bay Region, New Zealand)
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The details
Biography
Edward William Smyrk (1 May 1882 – 14 August 1962) was a New Zealand cricketer who played first-class cricket for Hawke's Bay and Wellington from 1910 to 1920.
Smyrk was a spin bowler, useful lower-order batsman and fine fieldsman. His best first-class bowling figures were 4 for 45 in his last match, for Wellington against Hawke's Bay in 1920.
Smyrk served as a sapper with the Samoa Expeditionary Force in the Occupation of German Samoa in 1914. He returned to New Zealand in March 1915 and married Jessie Arnold in Napier on 7 April.