Pat MacLachlan
| Birth name | Lachlan Patrick MacLachlan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 16 March 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 20 March 2025 (aged 97) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Plumtree School, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | Cape Town University Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lachlan Patrick MacLachlan (16 March 1928 – 20 March 2025) was a Scottish international rugby union player. In his rugby career he played as a Scrum half.[1]
Rugby union career
Amateur career
A Rhodes Scholar educated at Exeter College, Oxford,[2][3] MacLachlan played for Oxford University.[4]
He then moved to play for London Scottish.[4]
Provincial career
MacLachlan played provincially in Southern Rhodesia. He played for Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Mashonaland.[5]
International career
MacLachlan was capped for Scotland four times in 1954.[6]
He was also capped by the Barbarians.[5]
Outside of rugby
Architect
MacLachlan studied architecture in Cape Town University. He became an Architect in Harare (then Salisbury) and in Blantyre, Malawi.
Teaching
MacLachlan became a teacher in Canada at Shawnigan Lake School on Vancouver Island, Canada. He later became Headmaster at the school.[5]
He then ran an Independent Schools Service in Hong Kong.[5]
Later life and death
MacLachlan lived in retirement in Canada.[5] He died in Vancouver on 20 March 2025, at the age of 96.[7]
References
- ^ "Lachlan Patrick MacLachlan".
- ^ "Obituaries: Pat MacLachlan and Rory Watherston". Scottish Rugby. 14 May 2025. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ "Rhodes Scholar Database". Rhodes Trust. Retrieved 16 May 2025.
- ^ 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".
- ^ "Remembering the life of Lachlan MacLachlan". vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca. Retrieved 6 April 2025.