Charles "Charlie" Herbert "Herb" Smith was a New Zealand rugby union and professional rugby league football player of the 1930s and "40s, playing representative level rugby union for New Zealand, South Island, and Otago, and at club level for Southern Reconstruction Finance Corporation, as a Centre, id est (that is) number 12 or 13, switching codes in 1936, playing representative level rugby league for British Empire XIII, and at club level for Streatham and Mitcham, and Halifax, as a wing, or centre, id est (that is) number 2 or 5, or, 3 or 4.
Career
International honours Inter-Island honours Smith played for South Island in the match against North Island in the 1933 season, and as a replacement against North Island in 1934 season. appearances Smith played for Otago in the defeats by Canterbury in the 1931 and 1933, and was captain in the 15–6 victory over Canterbury in 1935, and the three defences in 1936. Club career Smith made his début for Halifax on Saturday 5 December 1936, and made his last appearance on Saturday 25 December 1948. Smith is a Halifax Hall of Fame Inductee.