| Full name | Thomas Roger Johnson-Smyth | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 June 1857 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Lisburn, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 5 February 1900 (aged 42) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Natal, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Roger Johnson-Smyth (12 June 1857 — 5 February 1900) was an Irish international rugby union player.
Born in Lisburn, Johnson-Smyth was a forward and gained his solitary Ireland cap against England at Lansdowne Road in 1882. He served as a captain with the Frontier Field Force in Sudan during the 1880s. In the Second Boer War, Johnson-Smyth was a major in the 1st Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry and was killed in the Battle of Vaal Krantz.[1][2]