Arthur Matthews (1889–1951) played for the New Zealand rugby league team in 1919 on their tour of Australia.
He lived in Auckland and played for the Ponsonby United and North Shore Albions senior teams from 1915 to 1920.
They were Clara Louisa (b.1879), Florence Sarah (b.1881), Charles Bosley (b.1883), NR (b.1885), Eric William (b.1899), and May Elizabeth (b.1892).
[3] Arthur Matthews began his career playing for Ponsonby United in the Auckland Rugby League competition.
Grafton Athletic protested and the Auckland Rugby League stood down both players and stated that the match should be replayed.
[5] It was later reported that it was an oversight as W. Matthews had just returned from war service and had played some matches for Ponsonby 3rd grade team years earlier, while the Ponsonby 3rd grade team had withdrawn from the competition due to a lack of playing numbers.
[6] The transfers were duly processed allowing Arthur Matthews to turn out for North Shore in their second round match against City Rovers.
[7] In 1918 North Shore were forced to withdraw from the senior competition due to a lack of playing numbers.
He played for them in their Thacker Shield winning effort where they beat Sydenham in Christchurch 11–0 and scored a try .