Hundreds attend service for cricketer Robin Smith
Cricket fans and current and former players have joined friends and family at a memorial service for former England and Hampshire cricketer Robin Smith. The event at Winchester Cathedral saw hundreds pay their respects to Smith who died in December aged 62, at his home in Perth,
Cricket fans and current and former players have joined friends and family at a memorial service for former England and Hampshire cricketer Robin Smith.
The event at Winchester Cathedral saw hundreds pay their respects to Smith who died in December aged 62, at his home in Perth, Australia.
Nicknamed 'The Judge', Smith won 62 Test caps for England between 1988 and 1996 and scored 4,236 runs at an average 43.67, including nine centuries.
Smith spent his entire domestic career at Hampshire. Rod Bransgrove, honorary life president at Hampshire Cricket, called him "a true son of the county".
He described Smith as "possibly the best match-winning cricketer" that ever played for Hampshire.
"Obviously, I reflect upon his brilliance as a player for both England and for Hampshire but my true reflections are of him as a very, very close friend.
"I miss him dreadfully, personally, but I think the Hampshire faithful miss him just as much," he added.
Smith won two Benson & Hedges Cups and a NatWest Trophy in his time with the team, captaining them between 1998 and 2002.
