Pat McEvedy | |
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![]() McEvedy in 1908 | |
Born | 17 March 1880 |
Died | 2 March 1935 (aged 54) Wellington, New Zealand |
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]
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]
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.[9] The competition was cancelled in 1948 due to a polio epidemic, and in 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic.[10]