Ian Stanley Talbot Smith

Surname:

Smith

First names:

Ian Stanley Talbot

Known by:

Spooky

All Black Player No:

644

All Black games played:

All Black years:

1963 - 1966

Clubs:

Pirate/Gimmerburn
Old Boys
Wyndham, Woodlands

Provincial teams:

NZ Colts Trial 1964
NZ Colts 1964
Otago 1962, 1963, 1964
North Otago 1965, 1966
Sth Island 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966
NZ Trial 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967
Sth Island Trial 1962, 1966, 1967
NO, MC, SC combined 1965, 1966
Southland 1966, 1967, 1968

Provincial captain:

Southland 1967, 1968

Biography:

1962: Centre [9], Wing [1], 2/5 [1] - 11 games - 5 tries (15 pts)
1962: Sth Island Trial: Wing - 1 game
1963: AB's: Wing - 15 tour games - 8 tries (24 pts)
1963: NZ Trial: Centre [1], Wing [1] - 2 games - 3 tries (9pts)
1963: Sth Island: Centre - 1 game
1963: Centre [10], Wing [1] - 11 games - 1 try (3 pts)
1964: AB's: Wing - 3 tests
1964: Sth Island: Wing - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1964: Colts: Wing - 5 games - 4 tries (12 pts)
1964: Colts Trial: Sub - 1 game - 1 try (3 pts)
1964: Centre [4], Wing [3] - 7 games
1965: AB's: Wing - 3 tests - 2 tries (6 pts)
1965: Sth Island: Wing - 1 game
1965: Rest of NZ: Wing - 1 game
1965: Wing [4], Centre [3] - 7 games - 5 tries (15 pts)
1965: NO, SC, MC combined: Wing - 1 game
1966: AB's: Wing - 3 tests
1966: Sth Island: Centre - 1 game
1966: Rest of NZ: Wing - 1 game
1966: Wing [3], Centre [1] - 4 games
1966: Centre [4], Wing [1] - 5 games - 2 tries (6 pts)
1966: Sth Island Possibles: Wing - 1 game
1966: NO, SC, MC combined: Wing - 1 game
1967: Centre - 3 games
1967: NZ Trial: Wing - 1 game
1967: Sth Island probables: Wing - 1 game
1968: Centre - 11 games - 3 tries (9 pts)

Sub Total: AB's: 24 games (30 pts)
Prov: NO: 12 games (21 pts): Ot: 29 games (18 pts)
Sthl: 18 games (9 pts): Others: 20 games (27 pts)

Total: 103 games (105 pts)

Born: 20 Aug 1941
Died: 29 Sep 2017

Endorsement

It gives me great pleasure to write this character reference about this website. There would not be a person in this country who doesn’t know that rugby is the national game of New Zealand. The passion runs deep and the profile and exposure of the sport is without peer. A fair chunk of our heroes come from the game and nothing affects the mental psychology of the people more than rugby. Not even politics.

Because of this rich feeling, discussions in society are often based around the game and on the players involved. Memories tend to play tricks on people. They can fade and forget and get things muddled up. For nearly 90 years New Zealand rugby enthusiasts have been superbly served by the Rugby Almanack. It remains the definitive source of information from each season despite the advancement of technology.

However, we must accept that technology has advanced and like rugby, we therefore need to embrace the good that comes with that change. www.rugbyhistory.co.nz is the best rugby history site that is available. It provides comprehensive records of the All Blacks, all the Super rugby sides and most impressively of all, places a large emphasis on the national provincial competition, which remains such a crucial part of the fabric in New Zealand.

Kery Geertson’s dedication to this growing rugby treasure can not be denied. It continues to grow, mature and impress. To paraphrase the late, great Terry McLean www.rugbyhistory.co.nz should be stored as a favourite website for every rugby lover; it provides facts and fairness and hours of one of life’s greatest pleasures – browsing.

Grant Hassall
Wannabe Rugby Historian
New Plymouth

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