ST. CLAIR (ANDY) SMITHObituary submitted by Otto TrottBermuda lost one of its great athletes in April, 2011, with the passing of St. Clair (Andy) Smith. He was probably one of Bermuda’s best all-round athletes. He played cricket and football. He was an administrator after his playing days. He eventually was President of St. George’s Cricket Club. He also was on the Bermuda Cricket Board of Control.He was part of one of Bermuda’s greatest moments of sporting history. He was the highest scorer when St. George’s beat the West Indies in 1955. He scored 34 runs.The headline in the August 27, 1955, Bermuda Recorder was “St. George’s seven-run victory over the West Indies was masterly.”It continued: “St. George’s Cricket Club gave Bermuda cricket a grand fillip when they scored a masterly seven-run victory over the visiting West Indies XI captained by the great Everton Weekes.“St. George’s were out for the non too impressive score of 110, but a combination of strategic handling by skipper Carlton Welch and brilliant bowling and fielding by the other players restricted the visitors to103 runs.“ . . . the Test Match quartette of DePeiza, Sobers, Smith and Weekes fell for a mere 50 runs. They were devastated by the bowling of Clarence Simmons and Welch. The greatest excitement was yet to come when Lloyd James, the St. George’s colt, took three more wickets in as many overs.“ . . . although St. George’s won its victory through sheer brilliance in the field, its batting was not as solid as it has been. With the exception of the inimitable Buster Smith and Andy Smith, the home batsmen were uncertain against the spice of Sobers, Smith and Maroj“The St. George’s team was D. Steede, G. Dyer, W. Smith, L. James, S. Paynter, C. Simmons, A. Hall, St. C. Smith, L. Richardson, F. Trott and C. Welch.“The West Indies team was C. DePeiza, G. Sobers, C. Smith, E. Weekes, C. Sampath, S. Oliver, E. H. C. Griffith, B. Hardinge, C. Skeete, A. Hadeed and A. Maroj.”Andy Smith had a Cup Match record of playing from 1947-1955. He batted 16 innings, one not out, 349 runs, highest score 91. He bowled 4 overs, no maidens, 22 runs with no wickets. He caught three catches.His highest score of 91 was scored at Somerset in 1949, a year full of records. The following information was found in The Royal Gazette and Mid Ocean News.“He came in at number four with the score on 47 for 2 where he joined Wellington (Buster) Smith. They carried the score past 100 and Buster Smith was eventually out for 75. Sam Paynter, a colt, was out lbw without scoring. Calvin Wade was out for 16 having, hit four fours. Alex (Cocky) Steede, the great all-rounder came in next.“St. C. Smith and Steede put on 129 runs for a fifth wicket partnership record as the two batsmen hit heavily all around the wicket.”“At lunch time the score was 215 for 5. Smith had 77 and Steede 11.“Andy Smith was sixth batsman sent back to the pavilion as he fell leg before to N. E. Proctor nine runs short of his century. He hit 16 fours as he played steady and gave no chances. At this time the scoreboard read 291 for 6, last man 91. Cocky Steede made 74.”The 1949 Cup Match RecordsRecord fifth wicket partnership of 129 by Andy Smith and Cocky Steede. Cocky Steede played in his 24th Cup Match. St. George’s’ score of 301 for 7 was first score over 300 and highest ever score. Somerset broke the record by scoring 308.Lloyd Simmons made 146 runs the highest individual score at that time. 609 runs scored by both teams was the record for a complete innings. St. George’s declared both innings becoming the first team to do so. Sam Paynter scored a new colt’s batting record of 59 runs in the second innings. Calvin Wade of St. George’s became the first player to have had a brother play for the other team.His brother Palmer Leon Wade had played for Somerset in 1947.One of St. Clair (Andy) Smith’s great football moments was described in a Recorder report in 1943. The headline was “Bermuda Militia Win Governor’s Football Cup Sensational Victory In First Year of Entry”.“Smith scored all three goals in the Bermuda Militia’s extra-time win over Malabar. This game was played by servicemen in the island at Prospect in front of a crowd of 4,500.“Malabar scored in the first half but . . . Smith, the Militia centre-forward, eluded the Malabar backs and drove home the equaliser from close range.“In extra time “Militia half-back Francis winged it over to A. Smith who swung it in to centre-forward St. C. Smith who beat the goalie with a hard drive.“The sting by this time had gone out of the Malabar, and the revived Militia dominated the play until another bit of combination brought Smith and the opposing goalie face to face, and the Militia secured its third goal. Smith, St. C. was thus instrumental in scoring all the goals for his team.”