David Evans (rugby)

David "Dave" Alexander Evans (4 October 1886 – 12 October 1940) was a New Zealand dual-code international who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league.

For Welsh sevens player, see David Evans (rugby player).

Dave Evans
Personal information
Full nameDavid Alexander Evans
Born(1886-10-04)4 October 1886
Napier, New Zealand
Died12 October 1940(1940-10-12) (aged 54)
Napier, New Zealand
Playing information
Weight86.64 kg (13 st 9.0 lb)
Rugby union
PositionLock, Flanker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
Napier RFC
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1906–10 Hawke's Bay 19
1910 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
Rugby league
PositionSecond-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1911–12 City (HBRL) 13 3 1 0 11
1911 City-Kia Ora (HBRL) 1 0 0 0 0
Total 14 3 1 0 11
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1911–12 Hawke's Bay 5 1 2 0 7
1911 Napier (sub-union) 1 0 0 0 0
1912 New Zealand 5 0 0 0 0

Playing career

Rugby union

Evans began his career playing rugby union and represented Hawke's Bay 19 times from 1906.[1] He made the 1910 New Zealand tour of Australia and played in the 0–11 Test defeat by Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 27 June 1910, becoming the Hawke's Bay's third representative.[2]

Rugby league

While in Australia Evans had been impressed by the rugby league code and in 1911 he was instrumental in helping persuade three Hawke's Bay clubs—Clive, Ahuriri and Kia Toa—to switch en masse to rugby league.[1] A Hawke's Bay representative, he represented New Zealand on the 1912 tour of Australia, where no test matches were played.[3] He played 5 matches for New Zealand on the tour.

He played for the City club in the inaugural Hawke's Bay rugby league competition in 1911 playing 11 matches and 1 match for a combined City-Kia Ora team against Clive-Ahuriri for charity. In the same season he played 3 matches for Hawke's Bay (2 against Wanganui and 1 against Auckland). He also played a match for the Napier team against Dannevirke. In 1912 he played for Hawke's Bay against Wellington and then against the touring New Zealand.

References
  1. Knight, Lindsay. "David Evans". New Zealand Rugby Union. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
  2. "Statistics at espnscrum.com". espnscrum.com. 31 December 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  3. "Statistics at nzleague.co.nz". 31 December 2010. Archived from the original on 1 May 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
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