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Thomas Johnson-Smyth

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Thomas Johnson-Smyth
Full nameThomas Roger Johnson-Smyth
Date of birth(1857-06-12)12 June 1857
Place of birthLisburn, Ireland
Date of death5 February 1900(1900-02-05) (aged 42)
Place of deathNatal, South Africa
Rugby union career
Position(s) Forward
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1882 Ireland 1 (0)

Thomas Roger Johnson-Smyth (12 June 1857 — 5 February 1900) was an Irish international rugby union player.

Born in Lisburn, Johnson-Smyth was a forward and gained his solitary Ireland cap against England at Lansdowne Road in 1882. He served as a captain with the Frontier Field Force in Sudan during the 1880s. In the Second Boer War, Johnson-Smyth was a major in the 1st Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry and was killed in the Battle of Vaal Krantz.[1][2]

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  1. ^ "Victims of the War". The Graphic. 17 February 1900.
  2. ^ "Major Thomas R. Johnson-Smyth". Weekly Dispatch (London). 18 February 1900.
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