Carruthers, a South Bendigo player applied for a clearance to Rochester, where he was working, but subsequently withdrew it and South Bendigo played Carruthers and a protest was lodged by Rochester.
[2] Rochester lost the appeal and Carruthers was allowed to play with South Bendigo.
[6] In 1926, Carruthers applied for a permit to play with Essendon, after training with them for three weeks,[7] but was refused after he admitted that he had received payment from Richmond a few seasons ago.
[9] Carruthers made his VFL debut for Essendon in 1927 against Footscray in round one and kicked four goals.
This Australian rules football biography of a person born in 1903 is a stub.