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{{short description|British Lions & England international rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Fenton Smith
| image = Dyne Fenton Smith.png
| caption = Dyne Fenton Smith with the British Isles team in 1910
| birth_name = Dyne Fenton Smith
| birth_date = {{birth date|1890|7|21|df=y}}<ref name="scrum">[http://www.espnscrum.com/southafrica/rugby/player/2073.html Profile on Scrum.com]</ref>
| birth_place = [[Hove]], [[Sussex]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1969|8|28|1890|7|21|df=y}}<ref name="scrum"/>
| death_place =
| height =
| weight =
| position = Lock
| repteam1 = [[England national rugby union team|England]]
| repteam2 = [[British & Irish Lions|British Isles]]
| repcaps1 = 2
| repcaps2 = 3
| reppoints1 =
| ru_ntupdate =
| repyears1 = 1910
| repyears2 = 1910
| years1 =
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| clubs1 = [[Richmond F.C.]]
}}
'''Dyne Fenton Smith''' (21 July 1890 – 28 August 1969) was an English [[rugby union]] international who played on two occasions for his country and was part of the first official [[British & Irish Lions|British Isles]] team that [[1910 British Lions tour to South Africa|toured South Africa in 1910]].

==Early life==
Dyne Fenton Smith was born in 1890 in [[Hove]], [[Sussex]], the eldest son of Charles Edward Smith, a [[stockjobber|stock jobber]] who although born in France was of British parentage, and his wife Caroline Constance Fenton from [[Goodmanham]], [[Yorkshire]]. Dyne had a number of siblings, including younger brother Leonard and younger sister Enid.

==Rugby career==
Smith played his club rugby for [[Richmond F.C.]] He made his Test debut for England vs Wales at [[Twickenham Stadium|Twickenham]] on 15 Jan 1910, in which game England were victorious. He played once again in the draw against Ireland on 12 February. This was his last game for England, but he was selected for the first official [[British & Irish Lions|British Isles]] team that [[1910 British Lions tour to South Africa|toured South Africa in 1910]] (in that it was sanctioned and selected by the four Home Nations official governing bodies). He played on all three tests.

===International matches played===
*for England
** {{ru|WAL}}, 15 Jan 1910, at Twickenham. England won 11 - 6
** {{ru|IRE}}, 12 Feb 1910, at Twickenham. draw 0 - 0
*for British Isles
** {{ru|RSA}}, 6 Aug 1910, at Johannesburg. South Africa won 14 - 10
** {{ru|RSA}}, 27 Aug 1910, at Port Elizabeth. Great Britain won 8 - 3
** {{ru|RSA}}, 3 Sep 1910, at Cape Town. South Africa won 21 - 5

==First World War==
Fenton Smith served in First World War as a lieutenant in the [[Royal Fusiliers]]. He served in France from 1915.<ref>British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920</ref>

==Personal life==
Smith married in 1911 and for a time lived in [[Walton-on-Thames]] where he had a firm, Fenton Smith Bros.

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{British and Irish Lions 1910}}

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[[Category:1890 births]]
[[Category:1969 deaths]]
[[Category:British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:England international rugby union players]]
[[Category:English rugby union players]]
[[Category:Richmond F.C. players]]
[[Category:Royal Fusiliers officers]]
[[Category:Rugby union locks]]
[[Category:Rugby union players from Brighton]]
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]

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