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Duncan McGregor

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HIs father, Alexander McGregor arrived in New Zealand on in . His mother, Barbara Gudex, along with her brother MIchael Gudex left Kindenheim, Germany in 1866 and arrived at Lyttelton on the "Mermaid", on 5 January 1867.
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and was later one of six players from the club that made the 1907-08 tour. McGregor represented Wellington and the North Island and retained his place in the All Blacks in 1904 and in 1905 was selected for
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Duncan McGregor was the son of Alexander McGregor and his wife Barbara McGregor, née Gudex. Duncan was born on 16 July 1881 at Kaiapoi. His father Alexander McGregor was a railway worker, working for the
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in 1900 when he was just 19. In 1902 he had a stellar season, scoring 17 tries for Canterbury and 2 for South Island in just 10 first class matches. McGregor was subsequently selected for the
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of Britain and Australia. He stayed in Britain following the 1907–08 tour, and opened a sport store as well as playing for
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He opted not to return to New Zealand, instead staying behind in Great Britain to open a sports store in
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club. In 1912 he suffered an ankle injury and retired from the game, opting to return to New Zealand.
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After returning to New Zealand McGregor stayed involved with rugby league, becoming a
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In all first class rugby union McGregor scored 66 tries in just 59 games.
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and won his first Test cap for New Zealand on 15 August 1903 against
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and a national selector. In 1920 he was made a life member of the
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The Wellington team which defeated Wairarapa 62-9 on June 4, 1906.
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McGregor made his provincial rugby union début playing for
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Duncan McGregor (politician)

Kaiapoi
Canterbury
Timaru
Wing
Centre
Canterbury
Wellington
New Zealand
Wing
Centre
Merthyr Tydfil
New Zealand
rugby union
rugby league
1905 Original All Blacks
1907 New Zealand league tour
Merthyr Tydfil RLFC
New Zealand Railways Department
Canterbury
1903 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia
Australia

Wellington
Petone
Petone Rugby Club
the All Blacks tour of Great Britain
English
Match of the Century

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