Neil Durden-Smith
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18 August 1933 Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Judith Chalmers (wife) Mark Durden-Smith (son) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: Cricket Archive, 27 November 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Neil Durden-Smith OBE (born 18 August 1933, Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey, England) is a former English sports commentator and first-class cricketer.
Life and career
Durden-Smith was educated at Aldenham School and the Britannia Royal Naval College in Dartmouth, Devon. His service as an officer in the Royal Navy from 1952 to 1963 included a period as aide-de-camp to the Governor-General of New Zealand from 1957 to 1959.[1] He worked as a radio and television sports commentator and producer in England from the 1960s to the 1990s.
He played four matches of first-class cricket in the 1960s. His highest scores were 33 and 50 in his first match, for Combined Services against Nottinghamshire in 1961.[2]
He was awarded the OBE in 1997.[3] He has been married to Judith Chalmers, a television presenter, since 1964. They have two children, one of whom, Mark, is also a television presenter.
References
External links
- Neil Durden-Smith at Cricket Archive
- Neil Durden-Smith at Cricinfo
- Debrett's: People of today: Neil Durden-Smith