Background
Dyne Fenton Smith was born in 1890 in Hove, Sussex, the eldest son of Charles Edward Smith, a stock jobber who although born in France was of British parentage, and his wife Caroline Constance Fenton from Goodmanham, Yorkshire.
Dyne Fenton Smith was born in 1890 in Hove, Sussex, the eldest son of Charles Edward Smith, a stock jobber who although born in France was of British parentage, and his wife Caroline Constance Fenton from Goodmanham, Yorkshire.
Smith played his club rugby for Richmond F.C. He made his Test debut for England vs Wales at Twickenham on 15 January 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 Isles team that 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
Wales, 15 January 1910, at Twickenham. Ireland, 12 February 1910, at Twickenham. draw 0 - 0
for British Isles
South Africa, 6 August 1910, at Johannesburg.
South Africa, 27 August 1910, at Portuguese Elizabeth. South Africa, 3 September 1910, at Cape Town.
Fenton Smith served in as a Lieutenant in the Royal Fusiliers.
He served in France from 1915.