Edward "Pat" Purdue (1878 – 16 July 1939) was a New Zealand
rugby union
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player. A
lock
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*Lock and key, a mechanical device used to secure items of importance
*Lock (water navigation), a device for boats to transit between different levels of water, as in a canal
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, Purdue represented
Southland Southland may refer to:
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* Dunbar–Southlands, Vancouver, British Columbia
New Zealand
* Southland Region, a region of New Zealand
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at a provincial level. He played just one match for the New Zealand national side, a test against the
touring Australian team in 1905. Also appearing in that match was Purdue's brother,
Charles
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, the pair becoming the first brothers to play in the same test for New Zealand.
Purdue died in
Invercargill
Invercargill ( , mi, Waihōpai is the southernmost and westernmost city in New Zealand, and one of the southernmost cities in the world. It is the commercial centre of the Southland region. The city lies in the heart of the wide expanse of t ...
on 16 July 1939,
and was buried at the city's Eastern Cemetery.
References
1878 births
1939 deaths
People from Dipton, New Zealand
New Zealand rugby union players
New Zealand international rugby union players
Southland rugby union players
Rugby union locks
Burials at Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Rugby union players from Southland, New Zealand
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