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New Zealand dual-code international rugby footballer Not to be confused with Doug McGregor.

Dougie McGregor
Personal information
Full nameAlwin John McGregor
Born(1889-12-16)16 December 1889
Thames, New Zealand
Died15 April 1963(1963-04-15) (aged 73)
Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Rugby union
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1908 Karangahake
1909–14 Ponsonby 58 33 0 0 99
Total 58 33 0 0 99
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1909–14 Auckland 30 23 0 0 69
1913 New Zealand 11 (2) 16 (1) 0 0 48 (3)
Rugby league
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1915–19 Grafton Athletic 38 12 5 0 46
1920–22 Ponsonby United 40 18 26 0 106
Total 78 30 31 0 152
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1915–19 Auckland 3 2 0 0 6
1919 New Zealand 9 (2) 5 (2) 0 0 15 (6)
1919 Auckland Province 1 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1934–1936 Newton Rangers 53 23 2 28 43
1941 Ponsonby United 20 9 2 9 45
Total 73 32 4 37 44
Representative
Years Team Gms W D L W%
1926 Otago
Source: Scrum.com
RelativesDick McGregor (uncle)

Alwin John "Dougie" McGregor (1889–1963) was a dual-code rugby footballer who represented New Zealand in both rugby union and rugby league.

Rugby union career

McGregor played rugby union for the Karangahake club in the Goldfields sub-union competition in 1908. The following year he moved to Auckland, joining the Ponsonby club. McGregor represented Auckland and the North Island that same year.

In 1913 McGregor was picked in the New Zealand squad for their North America tour and played in 11 games during the tour, including Test matches against Australia and the United States.

Rugby league career

In 1915 McGregor switched codes to rugby league, playing in the Auckland Rugby League competition for Grafton Athletic alongside Karl Ifwersen, and McGregors younger brother John Wylie McGregor. He played for them from 1915 to 1919 before switching to the Ponsonby United. He played at both clubs with another brother Eric Esdaile McGregor who was also a very accomplished player and the top try scorer in the Auckland club competition in 1918 along with appearing for Auckland.

Dougie McGregor represented Auckland on 2 occasions. His debut was against Thames in 1915 where he scored a try in a 27–16 win at Victoria Park in front of 4,000 spectators. Auckland played almost no representative fixtures during World War I so his next representative match was against Canterbury in a 45–9 win at the Auckland Domain on 14 September 1918. He played again for Auckland against Hawkes Bay at Eden Park in a 38–13 win where he scored a try. McGregor also played for the Auckland Provincial team against Australia at the Auckland Domain on 20 September. Australia ran out comfortable 32-8 victors. He played in 9 matches for New Zealand. Seven of these were on the 1919 New Zealand tour of Australia and were followed by two test appearance against the Australian side who toured a month later.

Later years

McGregor was later a rugby league coach in Auckland and Otago.

Family

McGregors uncle, Dick, played for the All Blacks between 1901 and 1904 while his nephew, Ron, played for the Kiwis between 1947 and 1948.

References

  1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". Rugby League Project. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. McGREGOR, Alwin John (Dougie) 1919 – Kiwi #116 Archived 1 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
  3. ^ Dougie McGregor allblacks.com
  4. "Auckland Defeats Thames". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LII, no. 16009. 30 August 1915. p. 4. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  5. "Auckland Defeats Canterbury/Forty-Five Points to Nine". The New Zealand Herald. Vol. LV, no. 16956. 16 September 1918. p. 3. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
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