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in 1946 and 1947. In 1952 he became county coach. His career aggregate of runs and his 30 centuries for the county were both
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Preston, Norman, ed. (1980). "Obituary, 1979: Smith, Denis".
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This biographical article of an
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Smith played regularly for
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Marylebone
Cricket Club cricket team in Australia in 1935–36
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