during his first-class career, bevan played for wellington college old boys (1943), athletic (1946–49), tawa (1950–51), athletic (1953–54), north island (1947–49, 53), nz trials (1947, 50, 53) and the new zealand xv (1949). he built a good club partnership with bill freeman who would later become a highly successful coach for wellington. freeman, at first five-eighths, was the grateful recipient of bevan's renowned dive-pass.