Stephen Smith (rugby union, born 1934)
Appearance
Full name | Stephen Rider Smith | ||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 21 October 1934 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Madras, India | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 9 August 2010 | (aged 75)||||||||||||||||
School | Eltham College | ||||||||||||||||
University | University of Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Teacher / Missionary | ||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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Stephen Rider Smith (21 October 1934 – 9 August 2010) was an English international rugby union player.[1]
Smith, born in Madras, India, was educated at Eltham College and the University of Cambridge.[2]
A scrum-half, Smith played his rugby with Cambridge University, Blackheath, Richmond and Hampshire. He made five capped appearances for England, three in the 1959 Five Nations, then another two in the 1964 Five Nations.
Smith returned to India in the late 1960s as a missionary and was later headmaster of Caterham School.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Sea Serpents Sighted in Brighton". www.englandrugby.com. 29 June 2021.
- ^ "Smith Names 12". The Daily Telegraph. 26 November 1959.
- ^ "Missionaries home from Bengal". Harrow Observer. 14 January 1972.
External links
[edit]- Stephen Smith at ESPNscrum
- Stephen Smith at England Rugby
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2010 deaths
- English rugby union players
- England international rugby union players
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- Cambridge University R.U.F.C. players
- Blackheath F.C. players
- Richmond F.C. players
- Hampshire County RFU players
- People educated at Eltham College
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- English missionaries
- Heads of schools in England