Norman William Loveridge (11 March 1892 – 21 October 1956) was the 141st New Zealand international rugby league player.

[4] On 24 July he played for the Wellington Tramways Football Team in a game against the Star rugby side from Taranaki in New Plymouth.

He began playing for the Marist Old Boys rugby league club where in his first game he was described as “the Wellington man”.

[14] After the resumption of the Auckland club competition Loveridge scored a try in a July match for Marist against Maritime after a “clever, dodgy run”.

[15] He was named in the New Zealand reserves for the first test against England but like the previous occasions he was not called on to play.

[17] Then just three days later on 7 August Loveridge travelled to Christchurch to make his test debut for New Zealand.

The writer for the Sun (Christchurch) said that he was “weak”, and that “he misjudged several kicks, and was tackled in possession on a number of occasions.

[20] The Lyttelton Times writer described a passage of play where “Loveridge failed to beat Wagstaff before kicking.

He was collared, and it looked as if the Englishmen were likely to score” and later a passing rush by England “ended in Stone side stepping Loveridge and dashing over at the corner.

In 1927 he was reinstated into rugby but it is unlikely that he pulled on the boots again officially due to work commitments and he was aged 35 by this point.

He represented the Wellington Tramways rugby team in 1919 on a Northern Tour to Taranaki, Auckland, and Wanganui.

In 1926 after retirement from his playing days he began managing the Dixieland Cabaret at Point Chevalier.

In 1930 he was appointed the manager of the newly opening Peter Pan Cabaret in the Campbell Building on Rutland Street, Auckland central.