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with Lambert, Hammond, and Small. Victory declared itself in 

 favour of INIarylebone by 156 runs. Mr. Smith made his greatest 

 innings in this game, viz., 58, and not out in his first innings, and 20 in 

 his second. Mr. Smith was again victorious shortly afterwards in a 

 match between the Marylebone and Homerton Clubs, played at Lord's 

 ^n the 25th of June. This game, in which Mr. Smith eminently dis- 

 tinguished himself as a bowler, is remarkable for the long scores 

 obtained by the Marylebone players ; and also as being one of the first 

 appearances of the late Benjamin Aislabie, Esq., one of the most 

 stanch supporters and most liberal patrons of cricket. Even in our 

 own time no great game was complete without the presence of this 

 highly respected secretary of the Marylebone Club. On the occasion 

 we refer to, he played on the Homerton side, and obtained 22 runs, 

 and vf&H not out in his second innings. The Marylebone Club, how- 

 ever, came off the winner by 354 runs. 



Mr. Smith was now thirty-two years of age, — in the prime of 

 manly vigour and activity, — and it is evident from the above details, 

 that almost invariably the winning side in these great matches was 

 that in which he had played. Three matches were played in the course 

 of this year (1808) at Lord's between Surrey and England, in which 

 he also took part. Surrey, however, was the victor on all three 

 occasions, although the fine play of Lord F. Beauclerk on the 

 side of England was very conspicuous. He scored 52 and 7 in 

 the first match, 24 and 16 in the second, and 24 and 57 in the 

 third. Mr. Budd also showed some fine play on the same side, 

 making 30 in the first match, and 14 and 45 in the second. The 

 part of Surrey was, however, too powerfully supported by Beldham, 

 Kobinson, Lambert, and Tanner. They severally obtained 62, 68, 86, 

 36, and 30, in one or other of these matches ; while to Mr. Smith's 

 bat we find set down in the second match the respectable figures of 

 10 and 25 ; and in the third, of 11 and 19. 



Mr. Smith does not appear to have taken part i-n many of the matches 

 played in 1809, but we find his name in a game played at Lord's on the 

 13th of June, between 8 of the Marylebone Club, with Lambert, 

 Beldham, and H. Bentley, and All England. Mr. Smith played on 

 the Marylebone side, and scored 5 and 28 ; England won by 3 wickets. 

 In this game the name of the celebrated George Osbaldeston first 

 appears, so long afterwards renowned in sporting circles, not only as 

 a cricketer, but as a fox-hunter, steeplechase rider, crack shot, and 

 pedestrian. He was indeed the first gentleman in England who rode 

 a steeple-chase. In almost every athletic sport requiring muscular 

 strength, pluck, and power of endurance, he, however, found a com- 

 petitor worthy of his prowess in Tom Smith. In the game above 



