# Smith — School Stories character guide

> Smith in School Stories by P. G. Wodehouse.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Scott, Great Scott

**First appearance:** 0002-now-talking-about-cricket

## Snapshot

Known as Scott, he seizes on Evans's lost sovereign as a case to solve, briskly cross-examining witnesses and assigning Pillingshot the role of detective.

## Who they are

Scott turns a missing sovereign into a proper investigation, complete with notebooks, timelines, and a reluctant subordinate in Pillingshot. He questions Evans with mock-legal precision, pinning down times and cricket bags, then dispatches his detective to examine the scene. His energy and self-appointed authority drive the story's comic inquiry, even as the actual solution eludes everyone involved.

## Relationships

### [Charteris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/characters/charteris)

_friendship_

Charteris and Smith share a strong bond of camaraderie and mutual support.

### [Pillingshot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/characters/pillingshot)

_friendship_

Pillingshot and Smith are allies and often interact in school settings.

### [Pillingshot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/characters/pillingshot)

_friendship_

Pillingshot and Smith are allies and often interact in school settings.

### [Charteris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/characters/charteris)

_friendship_

Charteris and Smith share a strong bond of camaraderie and mutual support.

### [Charteris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/characters/charteris)

_friendship_

Charteris and Smith share a strong bond of camaraderie and mutual support.

### [Pillingshot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/characters/pillingshot)

_friendship_

Pillingshot and Smith are allies and often interact in school settings.

## In the story

### [Work](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/work)

Generic hero in a dramatic sketch representing the student torn between studying Thucydides and avoiding work.

### [Now, Talking About Cricket](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/now-talking-about-cricket)

Mentioned in the context of a dispute over a wicket during a lower game.

### [How Pillingshot Scored](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/how-pillingshot-scored)

First Eleven cricketer who conscripts Pillingshot into fielding at the nets.

### [The Odd Trick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/the-odd-trick)

School slogger; benefits from Harrison's biased umpiring, scoring heavily, and later discusses the incident with Graham.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/v)

Referred to as 'young Scott', the slogger who made 94 runs.

### [X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/x)

Mentioned as a fielder who might have caught Venables at 51 had he started sooner.

### [The Tabby Terror](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/the-tabby-terror)

Discovers the cat's theft of sardines and participates in the discussion about the cat's guilt.

### [The Prize Poem](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/the-prize-poem)

A Sixth Form student who asks Reynolds to write his poem; submits the quatrain as his entry.

### [Pillingshot, Detective](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/school_stories_se/chapters/pillingshot-detective)

Pillingshot's fag-master who humorously pushes him into detective work and later agrees to the fee of releasing him from fagging.

## Links

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