McEvedy Shield

The McEvedy Shield.

The McEvedy Shield is an annual athletics competition held in Wellington, New Zealand, for four of the region's boys' secondary schools. It was first held in 1922 and has become one of the highlights of the sporting calendar for the schools involved. The wooden shield, which is presented to the winning school, was donated in by Dr Patrick F. McEvedy to promote the spirit of athletic competition between the participating colleges.[1] An old boy of St Patrick's College, Wellington, Dr McEvedy went on to represent England in rugby union.

The 2017 competition was won by Wellington College on Tuesday 7 March at Newtown Park, winning 3 McEvedy titles in a row, and marking their 51st McEvedy victory, out of 93 meetings.

Patrick McEvedy

The shield was donated by Patrick Francis McEvedy (1880-1935)[2] in 1922. 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 Bedell-Sivwright'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.[3]

Events

The competition features fourteen track and field events across four age groups - under 14 years, under 15 years, under 16 years, under 17 and over 17 years. For each event in each age group, four points are awarded for first place, three points for second place, two points for third place and one point for fourth place.

Track

100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres, 1500 metres, and 3000 metres, 80 metre hurdles, 100 metre hurdles, 110 metre hurdles and 4 x 100 metres relay.

Field

High jump, long jump, triple jump, javelin, discus and shot put.

Participating schools

Wellington College and St. Patrick's College, Wellington are the only schools that remain from the original competition in 1922, with Rongotai College first competing in 1928 and St Patrick's College, Silverstream taking part in the school's first year of existence, 1931.

Over the years there have been a number of schools that have taken part in the competition, including Hutt Valley High School, Scots College and Wairarapa High School (which shared the Shield in 1925 with Wellington College, and won outright in 1927). In the early 1980s it was decided that only the four traditional boys' schools would be able to compete.

In 2009, Scots College's attempt to rejoin the McEvedy Shield was unsuccessful.[4]

Schools First Competed Last Competed Total Competed Wins[5]
St Patrick's College, Wellington 1922 2017 93 20
St Patrick's College, Silverstream 1931 2017 84 14
Wellington College 1922 2017 93 51
Rongotai College 1928 2017 87 7
Hutt Valley High School 1926 1980 54 3
Wairarapa College1925 1951 24 2
Scots College 1922 1980 51 0
Wellington High School 1922 1956 28 0
Hutt Valley Memorial College 1922 1956 16 0
Wellesley College 1922 1951 8 0
St Bernard's College 1953 1975 5 0
Naenae College 1953 1956 4 0
Heretaunga College 1953 1956 4 0
Raumati District High School 1954 1956 3 0
Onslow College 1956 1956 1 0

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Venue

The four colleges on the banks and stands of Newtown Park.

The competition is held at Newtown Park, Newtown. Held during school hours, the entire student body of each school assembles to support its team. Because of the large number of spectators, the schools take turns sitting in the main stand. Each year two schools watch from the surrounding grass banks.

It has previously been held at the Basin Reserve, Athletic Park and on the St Patrick's College grounds at Silverstream.

Wellington College students performing the school haka after winning the 2005 McEvedy Shield.
Students from St Patrick's College, Wellington cheering in the stands.

Results

Wellington College is the current shield holder. Their 2017 victory was their 51st win of the McEvedy Shield, the most wins out of any school. Wellington College holds the record for the greatest point differential between first and second place, beating second place St Pats Town by 95 points in 2017.

St Patrick's College, Wellington has won the McEvedy Shield 20 times, second to Wellington College. The College has won the Shield for five years out of the last eight years, including a triple-crown from 2012 to 2014 (exceptions were when Wellington College won in 2009, 2011 and 2015).

St Patrick's College, Silverstream has won the Shield 14 times, and holds the record for the most consecutive Shield victories, winning six years in a row (1968 to 1973).

Rongotai College has triumphed seven times with their last shield win being in 1989. However, the school still holds the record for the most points ever scored at the event in which they scored 273.5 in 1989.

Scores

2017

PlaceCollegePoints
1st Wellington College238
2nd St Patrick's College, Wellington143
3rd St Patrick's College, Silverstream111
4th Rongotai College51

2014

PlaceCollegePoints
1st St Patrick's College, Wellington228
2nd Wellington College179
3rd St Patrick's College, Silverstream87
4th Rongotai College56

2013[7]

PlaceCollegePoints
1st St Patrick's College, Wellington197
2nd Wellington College181
3rd St Patrick's College, Silverstream124
4th Rongotai College 40

2012

PlaceCollegePoints
1st St Patrick's College, Wellington202
2nd Wellington College157
3rd St Patrick's College, Silverstream121
4th Rongotai College 56

2011[8]

PlaceCollegePoints
1st Wellington College184
2nd St Patrick's College, Silverstream150.5
3rd St Patrick's College, Wellington137.5
4th Rongotai College 68

2010[9]

PlaceCollegePoints
1st St Patrick's College, Wellington185
2nd Wellington College172
3rd St Patrick's College, Silverstream100
4th Rongotai College 85

2009[10]

PlaceCollegePoints
1st Wellington College182
2nd St Patrick's College, Wellington173
3rd St Patrick's College, Silverstream100
4th Rongotai College83

2008

PlaceCollegePoints
1st St Patrick's College, Wellington174
2nd Wellington College160.5
3rd St Patrick's College, Silverstream125
4th Rongotai College76.5

2007

PlaceCollegePoints
1st Wellington College176
2nd St Patrick's College, Wellington137
3rd Rongotai College126
4th St Patrick's College, Silverstream97

2006

PlaceCollegePoints
1st Wellington College175
2nd St Patrick's College, Silverstream153
3rd St Patrick's College, Wellington117
4th Rongotai College94

2005

PlaceCollegePoints
1st Wellington College175.5
2nd St Patrick's College, Silverstream135
3rd St Patrick's College, Wellington129.5
4th Rongotai College95

2004

PlaceCollegePoints
1st Wellington College211
2nd St Patrick's College, Silverstream130
3rd St Patrick's College, Wellington103
4th Rongotai College96

2003

PlaceCollegePoints
1st St Patrick's College, Silverstream182[11]
2nd Wellington College163
3rd St. Patrick's College, Wellington108.5
4th Rongotai College81.5

Individual results, times, distances and current McEvedy records can be viewed at http://rongotaiathletics.weebly.com/mcevedy-results.html

References

  1. ↑ McEvedy Shield: Pride on the line, The Dominion Post, Tuesday, 3 March 2009
  2. ↑ http://www.scrum.com/churchillcup/rugby/player/1664.html
  3. ↑ http://www.spcob.org.nz/SITE_Default/news_and_events/newsletter_archive/march02.asp#0-7 Archived 23 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ McEvedy Shield 'hijacked' by big four. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  5. ↑ http://mycoll.school.nz/file.php/186/winners_since_1922.pdf
  6. ↑ http://rongotaiathletics.weebly.com/uploads/9/1/8/0/918067/mcevedy_results_1922_to_1987.pdf
  7. ↑ St Pat's Town defend 2013 Shield, The Dominion Post, 05/03/2013
  8. ↑ "McEvedy Results 2010" (PDF). Rongotai Athletics. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  9. ↑ "McEvedy Results 2010" (PDF). Rongotai Athletics. Retrieved 2010-03-03.
  10. ↑ "McEvedy Results 2009" (PDF). Rongotai Athletics. Retrieved 2009-03-03.
  11. ↑ http://www.rongotaiathletics.weebly.com/uploads/9/1/8/0/918067/mcevedy_results_2003.pdf
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