Pat McEvedy

Patrick Francis McEvedy (17 March 1880 – 2 March 1935) was a rugby union player from New Zealand.[1] He has the unique distinction of being on two British Lions tours, but never actually being capped for any nation. McEvedy was born in Southbridge.[2][3] He attended St Patrick's College, Wellington from 1895 to 1898, before going to Guy's Hospital in London to train as a doctor.[4][5]

Pat McEvedy
McEvedy in 1908
Date of birth17 March 1880
Place of birthSouthbridge, New Zealand
Date of death2 March 1935 (aged 54)
Place of deathWellington, New Zealand
The McEvedy Shield.

McEvedy toured New Zealand in 1904 with David Bedell-Sivright's British team and again in 1908 with the Anglo-Welsh team. During the 1908 tour he broke his arm and decided to retire from active playing, but he became involved in rugby administration.[2][6] He returned to Wellington and set up his medical practice in 1909, then joined the New Zealand Rugby Union in 1910.[2] McEvedy was Wellington Rugby Football Union President 1931–33, and NZRFU President 1934–35.[7][8]

McEvedy Shield

The McEvedy Shield was donated by McEvedy in 1922. It is an annual athletics competition held in Wellington, New Zealand, for four of the region's boys' secondary schools.

References
  1. "Pat McEvedy – Rugby Union – Players and Officials". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2 February 2018.
  2. "Dr P. F. McEvedy: Notable Figure in Sporting World". Evening Post. 2 March 1935. Retrieved 22 July 2021 – via Paperspast.
  3. Scholefield, Guy (1925). Who's Who in New Zealand and the Western Pacific. Masterton: G. W. Venables and Co. p. 157 – via Ancestry.
  4. "Rugby, 6 April". Sportsman, London. 1903.
  5. "The County Championship, 6 April". Athletic News, Manchester. 1903.
  6. "Wellington Wins". Dominion. 28 May 1908. Retrieved 22 July 2021 – via Paperspast.
  7. "McEvedy Shield". spcob.org.nz. Archived from the original on 23 May 2010. Retrieved 29 May 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. "Rugby Stalwart: The Late Dr. McEvedy". Evening Post. 7 March 1935. Retrieved 22 July 2021 – via Paperspast.


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