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Farewell Mark Smith, 'a true gentleman and a local cricket club legend'
Portsmouth News
|September 20, 2025
Portsmouth & Southsea ace topped the Hampshire League averages in 1993, 1996 and again in 2000
Local recreational cricket has said farewell to Portsmouth & Southsea legend Mark Smith, a prolific top order batsman who scored almost 50,000 runs for the club in 33 seasons.
An accountant by profession and typically meticulous with his cricket statistics, Mark died suddenly last month, aged 62, leaving club members in shock. A true gentleman on and off the field, Mark was equally dedicated to preparing pitches at St James' as he was to scoring hundreds of runs on them at weekends.
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