Boetie McHardy | |
Full Name: | Evelyn Edgar McHardy |
Birth Date: | 11 June 1890 |
Birth Place: | Bloemfontein, South Africa |
Death Place: | Bloemfontein, South Africa |
Position: | Wing |
Repyears1: | 1912–13 |
Repcaps1: | 5 |
Reppoints1: | 18 |
Evelyn Edgar "Boetie" McHardy (11 June 1890 – 13 December 1959) was a South African rugby union international capped in five Test matches for the Springboks on the 1912–13 tour of Europe.
Born in Bloemfontein and a product of Grey College, McHardy was a speedy winger who won the sprint and 220 yard championships of Orange Free State.[1] He was the first Springbok to come out of the province and also had the distinction of scoring South Africa's first Test hat-trick, against Ireland at Lansdowne Road in 1912.[2] The other Springboks winger Jan Stegmann also scored three tries in the match, but McHardy had completed his by half-time.[3]