Pat MacLachlan

{{Short description|Scottish international rugby union player (1928–2025)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Pat MacLachlan | image = | birth_name = Lachlan Patrick MacLachlan | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1928|03|16|df=yes}} | birth_place = Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia | death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|03|20|1928|03|16|df=yes}} | death_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | height = | weight = | position = Scrum half | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = Salisbury Sports Club | amatyears2 = | amatteam2 = Oxford University | amatyears3 = | amatteam3 = London Scottish | amatapps1 = | amatpoints1 = | ru_amupdate = | provinceyears1 = | province1 = Southern Rhodesia | provinceyears2 = | province2 = Nyasaland | provinceyears3 = | province3 = Mashonaland | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | ru_provinceupdate = | repyears1 = 1954 | repteam1 = Scotland | repcaps1 = 4 | reppoints1 = 0 | repyears2 = | repteam2 = Barbarians | ru_ntupdate = | years1 = | ru_clubupdate = | apps1 = | points1 = | school = Plumtree School, Zimbabwe | university = Cape Town University<br/>Oxford University }}

'''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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/5632.html|title=Lachlan Patrick MacLachlan|publisher=}}</ref>

==Rugby union career==

===Amateur career=== A Rhodes Scholar educated at Exeter College, Oxford,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-14 |title=Obituaries: Pat MacLachlan and Rory Watherston |url=https://scottishrugby.org/obituaries-pat-maclachlan-and-rory-watherston/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Scottish Rugby}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rhodes Scholar Database |url=https://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/scholar-community/rhodes-scholar-database/ |access-date=2025-05-16 |website=Rhodes Trust}}</ref> MacLachlan played for Oxford University.<ref name="auto">The Essential History of Rugby Union: Scotland. Nick Oswald and John Griffiths.</ref>

He then moved to play for London Scottish.<ref name="auto"/>

===Provincial career=== MacLachlan played provincially in Southern Rhodesia. He played for Southern Rhodesia, Nyasaland and Mashonaland.<ref name="rhodesiana.com">{{cite web|url=http://oldprunitian.rhodesiana.com/names/name_mmm.html|title=Old Prunitian Database - Index M|publisher=}}</ref>

===International career=== MacLachlan was capped for {{nrut|Scotland}} four times in 1954.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/statsguru/rugby/player/5632.html?class=1;template=results;type=player;view=match|title=Rugby Union - ESPN Scrum - Statsguru - Player analysis - Pat MacLachlan - Test matches|publisher=}}</ref>

He was also capped by the Barbarians.<ref name="rhodesiana.com"/>

==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.<ref name="rhodesiana.com"/>

He then ran an Independent Schools Service in Hong Kong.<ref name="rhodesiana.com"/>

===Later life and death=== MacLachlan lived in retirement in Canada.<ref name="rhodesiana.com"/> He died in Vancouver on 20 March 2025, at the age of 96.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Remembering the life of Lachlan MacLachlan |url=https://vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca/obituary/lachlan-maclachlan-1092768220 |access-date=6 April 2025 |website=vancouversunandprovince.remembering.ca |language=en}}</ref>

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