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'''Ernest Meade Smythe''' (25 March 1904 – 9 July 1975) was an English [[cricket]]er and [[Indian Army]] officer. His [[batting (cricket)|batting]] and [[bowling (cricket)|bowling]] styles are unknown. He was born in [[Ealing]], [[Middlesex]] and educated at [[Allhallows School]] in [[Devon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.zipworld.com.au/~lnbdds/home/smythjohnrev.htm|title=Smythe family research|website=home.zipworld.com.au|accessdate=2 March | '''Ernest Meade Smythe''' (25 March 1904 – 9 July 1975) was an English [[cricket]]er and [[Indian Army]] officer. His [[batting (cricket)|batting]] and [[bowling (cricket)|bowling]] styles are unknown. He was born in [[Ealing]], [[Middlesex]] and educated at [[Allhallows School]] in [[Devon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.zipworld.com.au/~lnbdds/home/smythjohnrev.htm|title=Smythe family research|website=home.zipworld.com.au|accessdate=2 March 2011}}</ref> | ||
Smythe played for [[Devon County Cricket Club|Devon]] in the 1928 [[Minor Counties Championship]], playing three matches against the [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent Second XI]], the [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey Second XI]] and [[Cornwall County Cricket Club|Cornwall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14592/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Ernest Smythe|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 March | Smythe played for [[Devon County Cricket Club|Devon]] in the 1928 [[Minor Counties Championship]], playing three matches against the [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent Second XI]], the [[Surrey County Cricket Club|Surrey Second XI]] and [[Cornwall County Cricket Club|Cornwall]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14592/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Ernest Smythe|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 March 2011}}</ref> In November 1930, he played his only [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match for the Bengal Governor's XI against the Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI at [[Eden Gardens]], [[Calcutta]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14592/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Ernest Smythe|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 March 2011}}</ref> In the Bengal first-innings he scored 1 run before being dismissed by [[Ghulam Mohammad (cricketer, born 1898)|Ghulam Mohammad]] and in their second-innings he scored 6 runs before being dismissed by [[Mushtaq Ali]]. With the ball he took a single wicket, that of [[C.R. Nayudu]] for the cost of 19 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/13/13722.html|title=Bengal Governor's XI v Maharaj Kumar of Vizianagram's XI, 1930|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=1 March 2011}}</ref> | ||
With the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] declaration of war against the [[British Empire]] during [[World War II]], Smythe was drafted into the [[Indian Army]] as an emergency commission in February 1942, holding the rank of [[2nd Lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35570 |date=22 May 1942 |page=2246}}</ref> He died in [[St Columb Major]], [[Cornwall]] on 9 July 1975. | With the [[Empire of Japan|Japanese]] declaration of war against the [[British Empire]] during [[World War II]], Smythe was drafted into the [[Indian Army]] as an emergency commission in February 1942, holding the rank of [[2nd Lieutenant]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=35570 |date=22 May 1942 |page=2246}}</ref> He died in [[St Columb Major]], [[Cornwall]] on 9 July 1975. | ||