Doug Smith (rugby union)
Birth name | Douglas William Cumming Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 27 October 1924 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Aberdeen, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 22 September 1998 | (aged 73)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Midhurst, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Doctor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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100th President of the Scottish Rugby Union | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
In office 1986–1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preceded by | George Burrell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Succeeded by | Bill Connon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Douglas William Cumming Smith
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Smith played club rugby with Aberdeen University and London Scottish.
Provincial career
He played for North of Scotland District in their 1947 match against Midlands District.[1]
He played on the left wing for the Whites Trial side in 1950.[2]
International career
Smith was capped 8 times for Scotland, and was a member of the British Lions team that toured in 1950.
In 1946, while playing for the Aberdeen University club, Smith made an appearance for Scotland against a New Zealand Army touring team, in an uncapped match held to mark the end of the Second World War.[3]
Smith made his capped début for the Scotland national team in January 1949, in a Five Nations Championship match against France. He went on to play in all four of Scotland's matches in that year's Championship. He played three matches in the 1950 Five Nations Championship.
He was included in the British Lions squad for their tour to New Zealand and Australia. A broken arm kept him out until the 18th game of the tour,[4] but he recovered to play in four tour matches against local opposition and one of the test matches against the Australia national team.[5]
The Barbarians invitational team included Smith in their squad for their 1949 Easter Tour, and he featured in two games for the team, against Penarth and Newport.[6]
Administrative career
Smith was Team Manager for the
Following his achievements with the Lions, he was awarded the OBE in the 1972 New Year Honours list.[10]
He held the position of Scottish Rugby Union President for the 1986–87 season.[11]
References
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Register". Retrieved 17 March 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Ferguson, David (10 November 2012). "The day Scotland DID beat New Zealand at Murrayfield". The Scotsman.
- ISBN 9781780576657.
- ^ "Player Archive: Doug Smith". LionsRugby.com.
- ^ "Player Archive: D.W.C. Smith". Barbarian Football Club.
- ^ Roberts, Simon (25 June 2011). "John Dawes looks back at the historic 1971 Lions triumph in New Zealand". Wales Online.
- ^ Rea, Chris (26 September 1998). "Rugby Union: Farewell to Smith the Lion-hearted". The Independent.
- ^ "New Zealand 15–15 British and Irish Lions: Five things we learned from the third Test". Sky Sports. 9 July 2017.
- ^ "No. 45554". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1971. p. 12.
- ^ "Player: Doug Smith". ESPN Scrum.