| Robert Smeddle | |
| Full Name: | Robert William Smeddle |
| Birth Date: | 14 July 1908 |
| Birth Place: | Leeds, Yorkshire, England |
| Death Place: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
| School: | Durham School |
| University: | St Catharine's College |
| Position: | Wing |
| Repyears1: | 1929–31 |
| Repcaps1: | 4 |
| Reppoints1: | 6 |
Robert William Smeddle (14 July 1908 – 15 December 1987) was an English international rugby union player.
Born in Leeds, Smeddle was educated at Durham School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[1]
Smeddle was a tall, galloping wing three-quarter, and formed a partnership in the Cambridge University varsity XV with his former Durham School friend Carl Aarvold.[1] He scored a hat-trick of tries for Cambridge University in the 1928 Varsity Match and finished the year with an appearance for the Barbarians against Leicester.[2] The following year, Smeddle gained his first England call up at age 20, playing three Five Nations matches and contributing a try on debut to help defeat Wales. He won only one further national cap, against France in 1931, having struggled with injuries.[3]