Pat MacLachlan

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]

Pat MacLachlan

Birth name	Lachlan Patrick MacLachlan
Date of birth	(1928-03-16)16 March 1928
Place of birth	Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia
Date of death	20 March 2025(2025-03-20) (aged 97)
Place of death	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
School	Plumtree School, Zimbabwe
University	Cape Town University Oxford University
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum half Amateur team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) Salisbury Sports Club () Oxford University () London Scottish () Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) Southern Rhodesia () Nyasaland () Mashonaland () International career Years Team Apps (Points) 1954 Scotland 4 (0) Barbarians

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]