Allan Seagar
His other siblings were Irene May (1886–1968), George Bradley (1888–1968), William Charles Barten (1889–1952), Harold Edward (1891–1949), Albert Victor (1891–1933), Thomas Reginald (1894–1979), Ida Francis (1897–1967), Jessie Josephine Augusta (1899–1990), Gordon Huia (1901–1965), and Leslie Waters (1903–1984).[2] By 1923 he had moved into their Second grade side, before making his top team debut in a 21 July match with Richmond Rovers where he scored a try in a 19–10 win.[5] In the same year, he was selected for the Auckland Junior representative team, to play Hamilton at Carlaw Park on August 30, along with future New Zealand international Claude List.[16] He had initially been named in the reserves but early in the game Payne was injured and so Seagar had to replace him and play in the forwards however he was said to have been given a "roving commission".They qualified for the Stormont Shield final match due to their championship win but went down 9–8 to Marist Old Boys.[21] England were due to tour New Zealand in August and a series of trial matches took place over the preceding weeks.Devonport defeated City 18–17 and then beat Ponsonby in the Stormont shield match 17–5 with Seagar scoring 2 tries and kicking a conversion and a penalty.Auckland won 21–16 over Northland in front of a large crowd of 8,000 at Carlaw Park with Seagar kicking a conversion and a penalty.[35] He had clearly impressed the selectors enough to be named in the New Zealand squad for their tour who selected the side later that evening.[41] His next appearance was in the 6th match of the tour against Ipswich which saw New Zealand play poorly and lose 10–3 with Seagar in the halves.Seagar scored a try in the second half after intercepting a pass with Metropolis on New Zealand's try line and putting in a "fine run" with even the "speediest of opponents" failing to stop him.[47] Seagar played in his 4th straight tour match when he turned out against Southern Division on 6 August in the centre position.New Zealand won 24–20 with Seagar scoring his third match of the tour after passing play with Craddock Dufty and Charles Gregory.[49] He again took the field for the 6th straight time on 19 August when New Zealand played their final match of the tour against Universities.He played 17 matches, scoring 8 tries and kicking 11 goals, making him the 3rd highest individual points scorer for the season, behind Frank Delgrosso and Pat Meehan.[56] Then on 3 October, he scored 2 tries and kicked 5 goals in the 25–6 Stormont Shield final win over Marist Old Boys.An enormous crowd of 15,000 was on hand at Carlaw Park to witness the touring side defeat Devonport by 41 points to 27 with Seagar scoring an "opportune" try.Northland gained a surprise draw in the match at Carlaw Park with Seagar scoring a try from an intercept while playing in the centre position.[61] Devonport won the Fox Memorial Shield for the first time in their history, though it was their fourth first grade title.The New Zealand XIII were thrashed 59–8 though they had to play with 12 men after Lou Hutt broke his thumb early in the match.[66] At the end of the season Seagar played in an Auckland XIII against Marist Old Boys in a benefit match to raise funds for W. Hanlon to assist him in returning to New Zealand from England.Devonport lost 19–8 before 9,000 spectators at Carlaw Park with Seagar involved in their second try which had narrowed the score to 14–8.The match was played at Western Park in New Plymouth and saw Auckland win the Walmsley Shield with a 25–17 victory.[80] In 1938 he played one match for Devonport who had now changed their name to North Shore Albions which they had been known as in the early part of their history prior to a merger with Sunnyside.In 1939, 1940 and 1941 he was the coach and selector of the senior side and in a 1941 match with Papakura on 4 September he came on to replace an injured player.They owned a well known engineering company that constructed steam launches, among other things, and later supplied the United States Navy with a composite cargo vessel during World War II.Obituaries were published for him in both the Auckland Star and The New Zealand Herald, including details of his life, work in business, and involvement in rugby league.[90][91] The following year, Alice gave birth to a second son, named Allan Leslie Seagar; however, he died 5 months later, on 6 February 1940.
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