Name Pat McEvedy | Died 1935 | |
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Patrick "Pat" Francis McEvedy (17 March 1880 in Taumata, New Zealand – 2 March 1935 in Wellington) was a rugby union player from New Zealand.) in 1922. He has the unique distinction of being on two British Lions tours, but never actually being capped for any nation.
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- Pat mcevedy canterbury water are we doing enough a presentation to the 2015 set forum
- McEvedy Shield
- References
McEvedy attended St Patrick's, Wellington, from 1895 to 1898, before going to Guy's Hospital in London to train as a doctor.
He toured New Zealand in 1904 with David Bedell-Sivright's British team and again in 1908 with the Anglo-Welsh team. He later returned to Wellington and was Wellington Rugby Football Union President 1931-1933 and NZRFU President 1934-1935.
McEvedy Shield
The McEvedy Shield was donated by Pat McEvedy in 1922. It is an annual athletics competition held in Wellington, New Zealand, for four of the region's boys' secondary schools. It is one of the largest annual athletics meet in the Southern Hemisphere, in terms of its number of athletes competing.