Pat Smeaton
| Born | Patrick Walker Smeaton 12 November 1857 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Died | 11 August 1928 (aged 70) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pat Smeaton (12 November 1857 - 11 August 1928) was a Scotland international rugby union player.[1]
Rugby Union career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Smeaton played for Edinburgh Academicals.[2] He was club captain for the 1881-82 season.[3]
Although favouring playing in the back line, Smeaton was noted for his versality. In noting a match between the Academicals and Royal HSFP it was observed:[4]
P. W. Smeaton, who was a sort of handy man, sometimes in, sometimes out of the forward division, stole away from a throw-out and 'galloped' over the line for the Edinburgh Academical winning score in the 'School' match. Smeaton had a style of progression peculiarly his own. It was more a gallop than a run.
Provincial career
[edit]He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District on 4 December 1880. He started the match playing at Three quarters.[5]
Smeaton played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District on 5 February 1881.[6]
International career
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "Patrick Walker Smeaton". ESPN scrum.
- ↑ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths. Headline Publishing. 2003.
- ↑ "Club Captains". www.edinburghaccies.com.
- ↑ "Rugby Football History". www.rugbyfootballhistory.com.
- ↑ "The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
- ↑ "Register" – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Pat Smeaton - Test matches". ESPN scrum.
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- 1857 births
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- Scottish rugby union players
- Edinburgh Academicals rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- East of Scotland District players
- Edinburgh District (rugby union) players
- People from Kincardine, Fife
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