| William Smith | |
| Birth Name: | William Ernest Smith |
| Birth Date: | 9 March 1881 |
| Birth Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Wellington, New Zealand |
| Ru Position: | First five-eighth |
| Height: | 1.880NaN0 |
| Weight: | 90kg (200lb) |
| Repcaps1: | 1 |
| Reppoints1: | 0 |
| Repyears1: | 1905 |
| Ru Province1: | Nelson |
| Ru Provinceyears1: | 1900–08 |
| Occupation: | Accountant[1] |
| School: | Nelson College |
William Ernest Smith (9 March 1881 – 25 May 1945) was a New Zealand rugby union player. He was educated at Nelson College where he was a member of the 1st XV in 1897.[2] A first five-eighth, Smith represented Nelson at a provincial level, and played only one match for the national side, the All Blacks, in 1905,[3] an international against Australia in Dunedin.
Smith served in the Canterbury Infantry Battalion in World War I and was wounded at Gallipoli.[4] [5] He died in Wellington in 1945 and was buried in the soldiers' section of Karori Cemetery.[5]