Pat McEvedy

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The McEvedy Shield.

Patrick "Pat" Francis McEvedy (17 March 1880, Taumata, New Zealand-2 March 1935, Wellington) was a rugby union player from New Zealand.)^[1] in 1922. He has the unique distinction of being on two British Lions tours, but never actually being capped for any nation.

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.^[2]

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.

References

v t e British and Irish Lions – 1904 Australia and New Zealand tour

Forwards	Bedell-Sivright (Cambridge University and Scotland (capt) Bevan (Swansea) Crowther (Lennox FC) Dobson (Oxford University) R.W. Edwards (Malone RFC) Harding (Cardiff) C.D. Patterson (Malone RFC) B.S. Massey (Hull and East Ridings) R.J. Rogers (Bath) F. McK. Saunders (Guy's Hospital) J.T. Sharland (Streatham) Swannell (Northampton) Traill (Guy's Hospital)

Backs	Bush (Cardiff) J.L. Fisher (Hull and East Ridings) Gabe (Cardiff) Hulme (Birkenhead Park) Jowett (Swansea) C.F. Stranger Leathes (Northern)) Llewellyn (Newport) Morgan (London Welsh) McEvedy (Guy's Hospital) O'Brien (Guy's Hospital) Vile (Newport)

Coach	Manager: Arthur O'Brien

v t e British and Irish Lions (Anglo-Welsh) – 1908 New Zealand and Australia tour

Forwards	Archer (Guy's Hospital) Dibble (Bridgwater) Down (Bristol) R.K. Green (Neath) Harding (Cardiff) (capt) Hind (Guy's Hospital) Jackson (Leicester) Kyrke (Marlborough Nomads) E. Morgan (Swansea) Oldham (Coventry) Ritson (Northern) T.W. Smith (Leicester) L.S. Thomas (Penarth) Jack Williams (London Welsh)

Backs	Chapman (Westoe) Davey (Redruth) Dyke (Penarth) Gibbs (Cardiff) Griffiths (Newport) Jackett (Falmouth) Jack Jones (Pontypool) James Jones (Guy's Hospital) Laxon (Cambridge University) McEvedy (Guy's Hospital) W.L. Morgan (Cardiff) Vassall (Blackheath) G.L. Williams (Liverpool) Johnnie Williams (Cardiff)

Coach	Manager: George Harnett

Persondata
Name	Macevedy, Pat
Alternative names
Short description	New Zealand rugby union player
Date of birth	1880
Place of birth
Date of death	1935
Place of death

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