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{{short description|English cricketer}}
{{Use British English|date=July 2017}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox cricketer
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| full_name = Bertrand Nigel Bosworth-Smith
| birth_date = 20 June 1873
| birth_place = [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], [[Middlesex]], England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1947|2|19|1873|6|20}}
| death_place = [[Hove]], [[Sussex]], England
| nickname =
| family = [[Archie Wickham]] (uncle)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = [[Slow left-arm orthodox]]
| role =
| club1 = [[Dorset County Cricket Club|Dorset]]
| year1 = 1909
| clubnumber1 =
| club2 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year2 = 1900/01
| clubnumber2 =
| club3 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
| year3 = 1897–1901
| clubnumber3 =
| club4 = [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]
| year4 = 1895
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| club5 = [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]]
| year5 = 1895–1896
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| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 11
| runs1 = 323
| bat avg1 = 17.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 45
| deliveries1 = 60
| wickets1 = –
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–
| date = 22 January
| year = 2017
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9403.html ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Bertrand Nigel Bosworth-Smith''' [[Order of the Star of India|CSI]]<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|last=Webb|first=Sidney|authorlink=Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield|editor=George Feaver|title=The Webbs in Asia: The 1911–12 Travel Diary|edition=1st|year=1992|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]]|isbn=978-1-349-12330-8|page=353}}</ref> (20 June 1873 – 19 February 1947) was a British administrator in India and English [[cricket]]er.

Born at [[Harrow, London|Harrow]], Bosworth-Smith was educated at [[Harrow School]], before attending [[Magdalen College, Oxford]].<ref name="PEER">{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p57922.htm|title=Bertrand Nigel Bosworth Smith|publisher=thepeerage.com|access-date=2017-01-22}}</ref> While attending Oxford, Bosworth-Smith made his debut in [[first-class cricket]] for [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] in 1895, playing once for the university that year against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC).<ref name="FCM">{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Players/32/32834/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Bertrand Bosworth-Smith|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2017-01-22|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He also made what would be his only first-class appearance for [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] in 1895, playing against [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] in the [[1895 County Championship|County Championship]].<ref name="FCM"/> He played twice more for Oxford University in 1896,<ref name="FCM"/> graduating in 1897 a [[Bachelor of Arts|Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)]].<ref name="PEER"/> He played in two first-class matches for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] in 1897 against [[county cricket|county opposition]], with both matches played at [[Lord's]].<ref name="FCM"/>

He was appointed to the [[Indian Civil Service (British India)|Indian Civil Service]], which saw his appointment as an Assistant Commissioner in the [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]].<ref name="BOOK"/> He played two first-class matches while in India for the [[Europeans cricket team]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular#Presidency Match|Bombay Presidency]] against the [[Parsees cricket team|Parsees]] in August and September 1900.<ref name="FCM"/> Bosworth-Smith had returned home to England by 1901, where he made two further first-class appearances for the MCC at Lord's.<ref name="FCM"/> Returning to India, his final appearance in first-class cricket came for the [[Gentlemen of India]] against a touring [[Oxford University Authentics cricket team|Oxford University Authentics]] team in 1903.<ref name="FCM"/> He would later play for [[Dorset County Cricket Club|Dorset]] in a [[Minor Counties Championship]] match in 1909.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/32/32834/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Bertrand Bosworth-Smith|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2017-01-22|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

He was married to Mary Constance Bett in June 1912, later divorcing.<ref name="PEER"/> He was a Companion to the [[Order of the Star of India]] for his service in the Indian Civil Service.<ref name="BOOK"/> He died at [[Hove]], Sussex on 19 February 1947. His uncle, [[Archie Wickham]], was also a first-class cricketer.

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9403.html Bertrand Bosworth-Smith] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]

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[[Category:1873 births]]
[[Category:1947 deaths]]
[[Category:Cricketers from the London Borough of Harrow]]
[[Category:People from Harrow, London]]
[[Category:People educated at Harrow School]]
[[Category:Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Oxford University cricketers]]
[[Category:Middlesex cricketers]]
[[Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:Dorset cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian Civil Service (British India) officers]]
[[Category:Companions of the Order of the Star of India]]

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