Arthur Toby | |
Birth Name: | Arthur Edward Toby[1] |
Birth Date: | 1903 |
Birth Place: | Sydney |
Death Date: | 19 November |
Death Place: | Eastwood, Sydney |
First: | RU |
Ru Position: | centre |
Ru Teama: | Wallabies |
Ru Yearastart: | 1924 |
Ru Yearaend: | 25 |
Ru Appearancesa: | 3 |
Ru Pointsa: | 0 |
Year1start: | 1926 |
Year1end: | 29 |
Appearances1: | 54 |
Tries1: | 5 |
Points1: | 15 |
Club2: | Balmain |
Year2start: | 1931 |
Year2end: | 33 |
Appearances2: | 41 |
Tries2: | 3 |
Points2: | 9 |
Arthur E. Toby (1903–1984) was a rugby union player who represented Australia and a professional rugby league footballer in the NSWRFL.
Toby, an auburn headed centre, was born in Sydney in 1903. He learnt his football as a youth with the Y.M.C.A junior rugby union sides and rose with that club to first grade. He later and claimed a total of 3 international rugby caps for Australia against New Zealand between 1924 and 1925.[2]
In 1926 he changed codes to Rugby League where he was a very popular clubman. He played 4 seasons with Sydney Roosters between 1926 and 1929, and finished his career at Balmain Tigers, playing three seasons between 1931 and 1933. He captained Balmain in 1931.[3] He was the fullback in Easts 26–5 loss to South Sydney in the 1928 Final.[4]