He was described after his death as having "played a good, honest game of football"[4][5] and in 1930 he was considered to have been one of the club's most prominent players.
In the match, which was against Canterbury cricket team at Carisbrook in Dunedin, he kept-wicket, replacing Laurie Green who had broken a rib in the previous match against Auckland.
[9] Symonds took one catch and scored five runs, although his wicket-keeping was poor and his performance behind the stumps described as "not too good" as he conceded too many byes.
[10][11] He missed a "good stumping chance", although his keeping improved during the match.
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