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Pat MacLachlan

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Pat MacLachlan
Birth nameLachlan Patrick MacLachlan
Date of birth (1928-03-16) 16 March 1928 (age 96)
Place of birthSalisbury, Southern Rhodesia
SchoolPlumtree School, Zimbabwe
UniversityCape Town University
Oxford University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum half
Amateur team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
Salisbury Sports Club ()
Oxford University ()
London Scottish ()
Provincial / State sides
Years Team Apps (Points)
Southern Rhodesia ()
- Nyasaland ()
- Mashonaland ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1954 Scotland 4 (0)
Barbarians

Pat MacLachlan (born 16 March 1928 in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia now Harare, Zimbabwe) is a former Scotland international rugby union player. In his rugby career he played as a Scrum half.[1]

Rugby union career

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Amateur career

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MacLachlan played for Oxford University.[2]

He then moved to play for London Scottish.[2]

Provincial career

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MacLachlan played provincially in Southern Rhodesia. He played for Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Mashonaland.[3]

International career

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He was capped for Scotland 4 times in 1954.[4]

He was also capped by the Barbarians.[3]

Outside of rugby

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Architect

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MacLachlan studied architecture in Cape Town University. He became an Architect in Harare (then Salisbury) and in Blantyre, Malawi.

Teaching

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He became a teacher in Canada at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island, Canada. He later became Headmaster at the school.[3]

He then ran an Independent Schools Service in Hong Kong.[3]

He retired in Canada.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Lachlan Patrick MacLachlan".
  2. ^ a b The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Old Prunitian Database - Index M".
  4. ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Pat MacLachlan - Test matches".