LBW Smith

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Genre	serial
Running time	30 mins
Country of origin	Australia
Language(s)	English
Home station	ABC
Written by	George F. Kerr
Directed by	Ivan Smith
Original release	November 29, 1958 (1958-11-29) – February 21, 1959 (1959-02-21)
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	13

LBW Smith is a 1958 Australian radio serial drama from the Australian Broadcasting Commission. It was produced to coincide with the 1958–59 Ashes cricket series between Australia and England, and it is notable for its innovative production which incorporated the results of games in the scripts at the last minute.^[1][2]

The serial was written by George F. Kerr who was the ABC's most prolific writer at the time.^[3]

The cricket-mad Duke of Bootle from England and Mrs Flinders from Australia bet on who will win the Ashes. Both travel around Australia following the Test matches. They discover a player, LBW Smith, who might be eligible for either country.

• Don Pascoe as the Duke of Bootle
• Lionel Stevens as Cavendish the valet
• Queenie Ashton as Mrs Kev Flinders
• Richard Meikle as LBW Smith
• Madi Hedd as Liz
• Ric Hutton
• June Salter

The series incorporated elements of the real-life Ashes including up-to-date scores, crowd noises, and cameos from commentators such as Johnny Moyes, Alec Bedser and Alan McGilvray. The writing of the serial was adjusted at the last minute for what actually happened in the games.^[1]

Richie Benaud appeared as himself in the final episode.^[4]