Harry Smith (rugby union)

{{Short description|Scotland international rugby union player (1873–1957)}}

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| birth_name = Harry Oswald Smith

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1873|07|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1957|07|31|1873|07|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Tonbridge, England

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| ru_position = Forward

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| repyears1 = 1895-1902

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| office = President of the Scottish Rugby Union

| term_start = 1942

| term_end = 1947

| predecessor = Patrick Munro

| successor = Robert Scott

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| order = 60th

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Harry Oswald Smith (1 July 1873 – 31 July 1957) was a Scotland international rugby union player{{Cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/1144.html|title = Harry Oswald Smith}}

Rugby Union career

=Amateur career=

Smith played for Watsonians.{{Cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=PoxEAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RbUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3794,5994353|title=The Glasgow Herald - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|accessdate=28 November 2023}}

=Provincial career=

Smith was capped by Edinburgh District in 1898.

=International career=

Smith was capped 11 times for the Scotland international side.{{Cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/1144.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match|title = Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Harry Smith - Test matches}}

=Administrative career=

Smith was President of the Scottish Rugby Union for the period 1942 to 1947.{{cite web|url=https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf|date=2018-08-16|title=Scottish Rugby Record 2018/19|accessdate=2020-04-01|archive-date=16 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191116210013/https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/sru-files/files/SR_RR1819_digital.pdf|url-status=dead}}

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