Arthur Carlaw

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Arthur Carlaw
Personal information
Full nameArthur Edward Carlaw
Born28 July 1884
Auckland, New Zealand
Died8 November 1934 (aged 51)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Playing information
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Position Wing, Stand-off
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1908–13 Ponsonby United 24133045
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1909–13 Auckland 1990027
1909–13 New Zealand 172006
Source: [1]

Arthur Carlaw was a New Zealand rugby league player who played a role in the establishment of the sport in New Zealand and represented New Zealand.

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His uncle, James, was an administrator in the sport and Carlaw Park was named after him and his brother William served with the New Zealand Rugby Leaque Football Council. [2]

Playing career

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Carlaw was involved in the formation of the Ponsonby United club in August 1908, the first rugby league club to be formed in Auckland. [3] The club played a series of matches against loosely organised teams.[ citation needed ]

The Auckland Rugby League was formed on 19 July 1909 and Carlaw was part of the organisation's first sanctioned match, captaining a City combination against the North Shore. During the season he also played for Ponsonby and at the club's first AGM, on 30 July 1909, he was elected to the club's executive. [4] He also represented the district that year, playing against Taranaki and Wellington. [4]

Carlaw was also part of the 1909 tour of Australia by New Zealand however the series was lost 1–2. He again played for New Zealand in 1910, losing 52–20 to the touring Great Britain Lions at the Domain Cricket Ground.[ citation needed ]

Carlaw had again played for Ponsonby during the 1910 season and was selected for Auckland, being part of the side that lost to Great Britain 52-9 and also touring Wanganui, Bluff, Invercargill, Dunedin, Napier and Dannevirke. He served as referee in the Bluff match. [4]

Carlaw was selected by New Zealand to tour Australia in 1912. During the tour the captain, Arthur Francis, left to take up a professional contract with Wigan and Carlaw was appointed his replacement. [4] Carlaw again represented New Zealand in Australia in 1913, his final season.[ citation needed ]

World War I, Later Years and Death

At the conclusion of the 1913 season Carlaw moved to a farm too far out of Auckland for him to continue to play. [5] On 14 December 1914, he embarked on a ship to join the World War I effort. After the war he moved to Christchurch in 1926 where he refereed and coached while working as a Stonemason. He had been gassed while serving in the war in France and was said to have struggled with his health ever since. He died at the age of 51 at Christchurch Hospital. [6] He was buried at Bromley Cemetery with his coffin draped in the house flag of the Returned Soldiers' Association. His funeral was attended by Mr. W. Coles who represented the New Zealand Council, Mr W. E. Healey representing the Auckland League, Mr W. S. E. Moyle, the local executive chairman, Mr A. Clark of the referees association, and Mr C. Richardson of the Riccarton club . [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Footballers Death. Ex-League Representative (obituary) Auckland Star, Volume LVX, Issue 268, 12 November 1934
  3. ↑ First league club set to mark centenary Auckland City Harbour News, 31 July 2007
  4. 1 2 3 4 Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN   978-1-86969-366-4.
  5. ↑ "Under League Rules/Notes and Comments". New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15601. 6 May 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Footballer's Death/Ex-League Representative". Auckland Star, Volume LVX, Issue 268. 12 November 1934. p. 9. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  7. ↑ "Obituary Mr A. Carlaw". Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21320. 13 November 1934. p. 17. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
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