Rugby player
| Birth name | Lachlan Patrick MacLachlan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1928-03-16) 16 March 1928 (age 96) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Plumtree School, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Cape Town University Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Rugby union career
Amateur career
MacLachlan played for Oxford University.
He then moved to play for London Scottish.
Provincial career
MacLachlan played provincially in Southern Rhodesia. He played for Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Mashonaland.
International career
He was capped for Scotland 4 times in 1954.
He was also capped by the Barbarians.
Outside of rugby
Architect
MacLachlan studied architecture in Cape Town University. He became an Architect in Harare (then Salisbury) and in Blantyre, Malawi.
Teaching
He became a teacher in Canada at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island, Canada. He later became Headmaster at the school.
He then ran an Independent Schools Service in Hong Kong.
He retired in Canada.
References
- "Lachlan Patrick MacLachlan".
- ^ The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.
- ^ "Old Prunitian Database - Index M".
- "Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Pat MacLachlan - Test matches".
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- 1928 births
- Living people
- Scottish rugby union players
- Scotland international rugby union players
- Oxford University RFC players
- London Scottish F.C. players
- Barbarian F.C. players
- Rugby union players from Harare
- British expatriates in Southern Rhodesia
- British expatriates in South Africa
- British expatriates in Malawi
- British expatriates in Hong Kong
- British emigrants to Canada
- Rugby union scrum-halves
- University of Cape Town alumni