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]
| Birth name | Lachlan Patrick MacLachlan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 March 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Plumtree School, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Cape Town University Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rugby union career
editAmateur career
editMacLachlan played for Oxford University.[2]
He then moved to play for London Scottish.[2]
Provincial career
editMacLachlan played provincially in Southern Rhodesia. He played for Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Mashonaland.[3]
International career
editHe was capped for Scotland 4 times in 1954.[4]
He was also capped by the Barbarians.[3]
Outside of rugby
editArchitect
editMacLachlan studied architecture in Cape Town University. He became an Architect in Harare (then Salisbury) and in Blantyre, Malawi.
Teaching
editHe 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
edit- ^ "Lachlan Patrick MacLachlan".
- ^ a b The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ a b c d e "Old Prunitian Database - Index M".
- ^ "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Pat MacLachlan - Test matches".
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