From
Peterborough, he was described as a protege of local cue sports player
Mark Wildman. Smith turned professional ahead of the 1987-88 season, having already previously recorded a victory over
Alex Higgins whilst competing as an amateur in Newmarket. Smith reached the last-16 of the
1989 Grand Prix where he was defeated by world champion and eventual Grand Prix winner
Steve Davis. Through the tournament he defeated
Tony Meo,
Peter Francisco,
Jon Wright and
Joe O'Boye. He was defeated by Welshman
Mark Bennett in the penultimate round of qualifying for the 1991 World Snooker Championships. ==References==