Cecil Smith (footballer, born 1907)

Cecil Sydney Frank Smith (16 June 1907 – 1990) was an English footballer who played in the Football League for Brentford and Doncaster Rovers as a left half.

Cecil Smith
Personal information
Full name Cecil Sydney Frank Smith[1]
Date of birth 16 June 1907
Place of birth Hounslow, England
Date of death 1990 (aged 82–83)[1]
Position(s) Left half
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Brentford Market
1931–1936 Brentford 3 (0)
1936–1939 Doncaster Rovers 68 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Brentford

Smith began his career at non-League club Brentford Market and joined local Football League Third Division South club Brentford in August 1931.[2] He failed to make an appearance during the 1931–32 and 1932–33 seasons,[3] by which time the Bees had been promoted to the Second Division.[4] Smith finally made his debut midway through the 1933–34 season, in a 3–2 defeat to West Ham United on 6 January 1934.[3] He missed the entire 1934–35 season, in which Brentford were promoted to the First Division for the first time in the club's history,[3][4] though he did win the London Challenge Cup with the reserve team.[5] Smith departed Griffin Park in November 1936, after making just three first team appearances in five years with Brentford.[2]

Doncaster Rovers

Smith joined Second Division strugglers Doncaster Rovers in November 1936.[2] He made 68 league appearances and scored two goals before leaving at the end of the 1938–39 season.[1][6]

Honours

Brentford

Career statistics
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1933–34[3] Second Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
1935–36[3] First Division 1 0 0 0 1 0
1936–37[3] 1 0 — 1 0
Career total 3 0 0 0 3 0

References
  1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 268. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Harefield: Yore Publications. p. 147. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 372–374. ISBN 0951526200.
  4. Brentford F.C. at the Football Club History Database
  5. Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. pp. 82–83. ISBN 1-874427-57-7.
  6. "Rover of the Day: Cecil Smith". www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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