Arthur Matthews (rugby league)

Arthur Matthews
Personal information
Full nameArthur Edwin Matthews
Born28 June 1889
Thames, New Zealand
DiedFebruary 1951
Western Australia, Australia
Playing information
PositionFullback, Centre, Halfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1915–16 Ponsonby United (ARL) 3 0 0 0 0
1917–18 North Shore Albions 6 0 0 0 0
1918 Ponsonby United 7 3 0 0 9
1919–21 North Shore Albions 12 1 7 0 17
1920 Ponsonby United 1 0 0 0 0
Total 29 4 7 0 26
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1919 New Zealand 3 0 1 0 2
1919 Auckland 1 0 0 0 0

Arthur Matthews (1889–1951) played for the New Zealand rugby league team in 1919 on their tour of Australia. He was Kiwi number 117.[1] He played in 3 tour matches but did not play in any tests as there were none played on this tour. He lived in Auckland and played for the Ponsonby United and North Shore Albions senior teams from 1915 to 1920.[2]

  1. ^ "NZRL player list". New Zealand Rugby League. 5 April 2020. Archived from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.