Frank Smyth
| Full name | Bernard Francis Smyth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 February 1891 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Boatmans, Buller, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 15 July 1972 (aged 81) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 78 kg (172 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Peter Dunne (grandson) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Bricklayer, publican | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Hooker | ||
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| New Zealand No. | 257 | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1915 | Canterbury | 1 | () |
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 1922 | New Zealand | (0) | (0) |
Bernard Francis "Frank" Smyth (11 February 1891 – 15 July 1972) was a New Zealand rugby union player. A hooker, Smyth played a single representative game for Canterbury in 1915, one match for the South Island in 1922 and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, also in 1922. He played three matches for the All Blacks but did not appear in any internationals. His grandson is politician Peter Dunne.
Smyth served in the No. 3 Field Company, New Zealand Engineers, during World War I. He enlisted in December 1915 as a sapper, and had risen to the rank of sergeant by the time of his discharge in June 1919. He saw action at Ypres, Passchendaele and the Somme, and was mentioned in dispatches, by Sir Douglas Haig on 7 April 1918.
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