Pat Smeaton

Pat Smeaton

Birth name	Patrick Walker Smeaton
Date of birth	(1857-11-12)12 November 1857
Place of birth	Kincardine, Fife, Scotland
Date of death	11 August 1928(1928-08-11) (aged 70)
Place of death	Edinburgh, Scotland
Rugby union career
Position(s) Half back Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Edinburgh Academicals () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1880 Edinburgh District () 1881 East of Scotland District () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1881-83 Scotland 3 (0)

Pat Smeaton (12 November 1857 - 11 August 1928) was a Scotland international rugby union player.

Rugby Union career

Amateur career

Smeaton played for Edinburgh Academicals. He was club captain for the 1881-82 season.

Although favouring playing in the back line, Smeaton was noted for his versality. In noting a match between the Academicals and Royal HSFP it was observed:

P. W. Smeaton, who was a sort of handy man, sometimes in, sometimes out of the forward division, stole away from a throw-out and 'galloped' over the line for the Edinburgh Academical winning score in the 'School' match. Smeaton had a style of progression peculiarly his own. It was more a gallop than a run.

Provincial career

He played for Edinburgh District in their inter-city match against Glasgow District on 4 December 1880. He started the match playing at Three quarters.

Smeaton played for East of Scotland District in their match against West of Scotland District on 5 February 1881.

International career

Smeaton played for Scotland 3 times, from 1881 to 1883.