Wellington Club Weekly and Athletics
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 138: Ian Uttley (University)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- In 1959 Ian Neil Uttley was head prefect of Wellington College, captain of the athletics team and captain of the First XV. Four years later, aged 21, he was an All Black out of the champion University club and he played two tests against England. Uttley was a small in size but lion-hearted on the...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 126: Dave Harker (Athletic)
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Dave Harker was one of the best performing and consistent forwards in Wellington club rugby throughout much of the 1950s and early 1960s. Harker was a lock who played for the Athletic club. Harker was Athletic’s captain in 1956 and 1957, forming an effective lineout partnership with All Black Nev MacEwan over several years. An...
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 092: George Martin
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Hutt Valley has long been a hotbed of sporting talent and achievement. There would be fewer more gifted all-round sports people out to come out of there than George Martin. Lifelong Lower Hutt stalwart George Martin excelled in athletics, rugby and rugby league from a young age, and later played softball and golf to...
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Lower Hutt, Lower Hutt City, Wellington, 5010, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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McEvedy Shield stars and future rugby players
- Wellington Club Weekly
- By Adam Julian & Steven White The 101st McEvedy Shield athletics meeting is being held at Newtown tomorrow. In modern times, the event is a four-school competition between Wellington College, St Patrick’s College Kilbirnie, St Patrick’s College Silverstream and Rongotai College. As such, a roll call of future well known club and representative rugby players...
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Silverstream, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington, 5019, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 033: Patrick McEvedy and Arthur O’Brien
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Arthur O’Brien (left) in 1904 and Patrick McEvedy in 1908. Two players who attended St Pat’s Town a couple of years apart in the 1890s and played against the All Blacks for Great Britain/Anglo-Welsh teams on their tours in 1904 and 1908. Of the pair, McEvedy, is the most well-known, primarily because he leant his...
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