[2] Tottey, a winger, played 74 matches for Eastern Suburbs between 1930 and 1937 before joining the English club Halifax for the 1938 season.
A member of the great Eastern Suburbs sides of the 1930s, Tottey won three consecutive premierships with the club in 1935, 1936 and 1937.
[3] In the 1935 season Tottey scored 19 tries, combining with fellow threequarters Dave Brown and Rod O'Loan for an amazing aggregate of 84 tries in just eighteen games.
Tottey sailed with the actual Kangaroo tourists to England where he joined his new club – Halifax RFC.
[4] The contractual dispute was never resolved and he didn't play Rugby League or Union again in Australia.