Gerald Gordon-Smith

Gerald Gordon-Smith

Full name	Gerald Walter Gordon-Smith
Date of birth	(1877-02-12)12 February 1877
Place of birth	Southampton, England
Date of death	23 January 1911(1911-01-23) (aged 33)
Place of death	Carbis Bay, Cornwall, England
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre / Fullback International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1900 England 3 (7)

Gerald Walter Gordon-Smith (12 February 1877 – 23 January 1911) was an English international rugby union player.[1]

Born in Southampton, Gordon-Smith picked up rugby union as a schoolboy at Chatham House College, Ramsgate, where he played as a halfback and centre. He was used at fullback in matches with Thanet Wanderers and it was in that position that he gained regular representative honours for Kent, including their championship-winning 1897 team.[2]

Gordon-Smith was capped for England as a centre in the 1900 Home Nations Championship and was their only three-quarter to feature in all three internationals. His try and drop goal helped England defeat Ireland in Richmond.[3]

Following two seasons with Blackheath, Gordon-Smith relocated to Cornwall to study at the Camborne School of Mines.[2]

Gordon-Smith became ill while working overseas and died in 1911, several months after returning to Cornwall.[3]

See also

• List of England national rugby union players

References

1. "Presentation". West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser. 25 April 1901.
2. "Football Notes". Royal Cornwall Gazette. 15 December 1898.
3. "Death of Gordon Smith". The West Briton. 26 January 1911.

External links

• Gerald Gordon-Smith at ESPNscrum