A Full Back Slower Than Your Average Prop

Ian Smith (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

368 Seiten

2019
Arena Sport (Verlag)
978-1-909715-81-3 (ISBN)

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Listed as one of the five worst international selections ever, and described in a book about Scottish rugby as ‘a full back slower than your average prop’, Ian Smith cheerfully won eight caps for Scotland in a career that saw him score every point for his team on his debut in an historic victory over South Africa (and in so doing became the first Scottish full back to score a Test try) and defeated a star-studded England team to lift the Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield in the 1970 Five Nations.

One of eight international full backs to have come out of Heriot’s FP, Smith also played for a dashing, innovative Edinburgh University side that revolutionised attacking back play. But this book is so much more than a story of a fleeting Test career. It is a window to another time, when a player could appear, as Smith did, for his club’s third XV and two weeks later make his international debut for his country. And then, eight Tests later, return to his club where he was only considered good enough to play for the second XV.

Ian Smith was born and brought up in Edinburgh where he was educated at Heriot’s and the University of Edinburgh before joining the army and later setting up his own dental practice. He played eight Tests for Scotland from 1969 to 1970. He lives in Norfolk.

Erscheinungsdatum	16.12.2019
Zusatzinfo	16 Plates, black and white
Verlagsort	Edinburgh
Sprache	englisch
Maße	165 x 240 mm
Gewicht	559 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
ISBN-10	1-909715-81-6 / 1909715816
ISBN-13	978-1-909715-81-3 / 9781909715813
Zustand	Neuware