Ian Smith (Scottish rugby player born 1903)

Ian Smith

Birth name	Ian Scott Smith
Date of birth	(1903-10-31)31 October 1903
Place of birth	Melbourne, Australia
Date of death	18 September 1972(1972-09-18) (aged 68)
School	Winchester College
University	Oxford, Edinburgh
Occupation(s)	solicitor
Rugby union career
Position(s) Wing Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1923-25 1924-25 1925-29 1929- Oxford University Barbarian F.C. Edinburgh University RFC London Scottish F.C. () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1924–33 1924 Scotland British Isles 32 2 (72) (0)

Position(s)	Wing
Amateur team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1923-25 1924-25 1925-29 1929-	Oxford University Barbarian F.C. Edinburgh University RFC London Scottish F.C.		()
National team(s)
Years	Team	Apps	(Points)
1924–33 1924	Scotland British Isles	32 2	(72) (0)

Ian Scott Smith (31 October 1903 – 18 September 1972) was a rugby union wing who played 32 Tests for Scotland and two Tests for the British Isles. Born in Melbourne, Australia, and brought up in New Zealand, Smith moved to England and was educated at Winchester College, before studying at Oxford University and later Edinburgh University. At Oxford he took up rugby and was eventually selected for Scotland, for whom he was eligible because of his Scottish parents. He toured with the British Isles (now known as the British and Irish Lions) to South Africa in 1924, and played all four matches in Scotland's first ever Five Nations Grand Slam in 1925. He represented Scotland until 1933 when he captained them in their Triple Crown winning season. His 24 international tries, all scored in the Five Nations or Home Nations, was an international record until 1987 and a record for the Five/Six Nations until 2011. Smith holds joint possession of the Scottish record to this day.

Rugby author Richard Bath wrote of him:

A member of the famous Oxford quartet of Wallace, Aitken, Macpherson and Smith, the lithe Australian-born wing made his mark as an integral member of the outstanding sides of the 1920s, which won the Grand Slam in 1925, the year when he scored an astounding eight tries in the first two internationals of the season against France and Wales.

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