[5] Affectionately known as the "hairy bloke",[6] he moved to Sydney to join the Glebe Rugby Club in 1905 and played five-eighth for four seasons outside Fred Wood who would later be vice-captain of the 1908–09 Wallabies.

[5] He made his rugby league international debut that same year in the first Test in Sydney on 18 June 1910 against Great Britain.

[5]Four of his former Wallaby teammates also debuted that day John Barnett, Bob Craig, Jack Hickey and Charles Russell – making them collectively Australia's 11th to 15th dual code internationals.

[5]This repeated a similar occurrence two years earlier when five former Wallabies in Micky Dore, Dally Messenger, Denis Lutge, Doug McLean snr and John Rosewell all debuted for the Kangaroos in the first ever Test against New Zealand.

It quotes Johnny Quinlan, the tour co-manager "He always set a splendid example in conduct and training – a natural leader".

[8] His representative career ended at age 32 with that Ashes success, and in retirement, he became the first of the game's high-profile non-playing coaches.

[9] A large funeral took place at St. James Church, Forest Lodge, New South Wales, and he was buried at Botany Cemetery.