Pat McEvedy

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| caption = McEvedy in 1908

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| birth_date = 17 March 1880

| birth_place = Southbridge, New Zealand

| death_date = 2 March 1935 (aged 54)

| death_place = Wellington, New Zealand

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Patrick Francis McEvedy (17 March 1880 – 2 March 1935) was a rugby union player from New Zealand.{{cite web|url=http://www.scrum.com/churchillcup/rugby/player/1664.html|title=Pat McEvedy – Rugby Union – Players and Officials|work=ESPN scrum|accessdate=2 February 2018}} 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.{{Cite news|date=2 Mar 1935|title=Dr P. F. McEvedy: Notable Figure in Sporting World|work=Evening Post|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350302.2.89|access-date=22 July 2021|via=Paperspast}}{{Cite book|last=Scholefield|first=Guy|title=Who's Who in New Zealand and the Western Pacific|publisher=G. W. Venables and Co.|year=1925|location=Masterton|pages=157|via=Ancestry}} He attended St Patrick's College, Wellington from 1895 to 1898, before going to Guy's Hospital in London to train as a doctor.{{cite news|title=Rugby, 6 April|year=1903|newspaper=Sportsman, London}}{{cite news|title=The County Championship, 6 April|year=1903|newspaper=Athletic News, Manchester}}

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.{{Cite news|date=28 May 1908|title=Wellington Wins|work=Dominion|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080528.2.16|access-date=22 July 2021|via=Paperspast}} He returned to Wellington and set up his medical practice in 1909, then joined the New Zealand Rugby Union in 1910. McEvedy was Wellington Rugby Football Union President 1931–33, and NZRFU President 1934–35.{{cite web |url=http://www.spcob.org.nz/SITE_Default/news_and_events/newsletter_archive/march02.asp |title=McEvedy Shield |accessdate=2009-05-29|publisher=spcob.org.nz |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523185441/http://www.spcob.org.nz/SITE_Default/news_and_events/newsletter_archive/march02.asp |archivedate=23 May 2010}}{{Cite news|date=7 Mar 1935|title=Rugby Stalwart: The Late Dr. McEvedy|work=Evening Post|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19350307.2.44|access-date=22 July 2021|via=Paperspast}}