The crowd believed that the Swansea backs had been overlooked and booed the Welsh players from other clubs, Arthur and Newport's George Thomas were picked out for specific ill treatment.
A week later Arthur was part of the Cardiff team to face the same touring Māoris, who had come back from the Welsh defeat to beat both Swansea and Newport in the last five days.
Captained by Frank Hill, the Cardiff team faced the tourists on a wet, heavy ground[2] which turned the match into a game controlled by the forwards.
Arthur was in the thick of the action, and after a quick line-out he set of on a deceptive run[2] before feeding Norman Biggs who scored a try.
With Gould away on business in the West Indies and Dickie Garrett unavailable, Arthur was brought in to fill the centre role for the England game.