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Biography: Lloyd, Trevor

Cartoon by Trevor Lloyd depicting the defeat of British rugby by the All Blacks in 1905

Cartoon by Trevor Lloyd depicting the defeat of British rugby by the All Blacks in 1905

Trevor Lloyd's cartoon celebrates the All Blacks’ rugby victory over an Anglo-Welsh team in July 1908. Following the All Blacks defeat by Wales on the 1905 tour, Lloyd had drawn one of the earliest cartoons using the kiwi as a national symbol when he showed the kiwi unable to swallow Wales.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: C-109-020

Wash drawing by Trevor Lloyd

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John F. Perry. 'Lloyd, Trevor', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996, updated November 2010. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/artwork/612/cartoon-by-trevor-lloyd-depicting-the-defeat-of-british-rugby-by-the-all-blacks-in-1905 (accessed 19 June 2026).