Duncan McGregor
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| Personal information | ||||||
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| Born |
16 July 1881 Kaiapoi, Canterbury Region, New Zealand |
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| Died | 11 March 1947 (aged 65) Timaru, Canterbury Region, New Zealand |
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| Playing information | ||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||
| Weight | 72 kg (11 st 5 lb) | |||||
| Rugby union | ||||||
| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1900–1903 | Canterbury | |||||
| 1904–1906 | Wellington | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1903–1905 | New Zealand | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| Rugby league | ||||||
| Position | Wing, Centre | |||||
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| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1908–1912 | Merthyr Tydfil | |||||
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1907–1908 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Duncan McGregor (16 July 1881 – 11 March 1947), was a New Zealand rugby union and rugby league footballer. He was a member of the legendary 1905 Original All Blacks and later converted to rugby league when he went on the 1907 New Zealand league tour of Britain and Australia. He stayed in Britain following the 1907–08 tour, and opened a sport store as well as playing for Merthyr Tydfil RLFC. He returned to New Zealand after five years and continued to be involved in rugby league as an administrator and official.
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 New Zealand Railways Department.
HIs father, Alexander McGregor arrived in New Zealand on [name of ship] in [year}. 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.
McGregor made his provincial rugby union debut playing for Canterbury 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 1903 New Zealand rugby union tour of Australia and won his first Test cap for New Zealand on 15 August 1903 against Australia.
He transferred to Wellington in 1904 due to his employment taking him to Petone, there he joined the Petone Rugby Club 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 the All Blacks tour of Great Britain. While on tour, the British press dubbed him the "Flying Scotsman" in recognition of his speed. While on tour he scored four times in one match in a Test match against the English.
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