As a teenager, he had also appeared in a minor match for a Wellington XXII that had much the worse of a draw against a ten-man Australians side in 1886–87.
[1] Collins was one of five sons and five daughters of the politician Arthur Collins and his second wife, Erica Elspeth, daughter of James Mackay, of Drumduan, Nelson, New Zealand.
[2] Collins acted as wicket-keeper in three of his Canterbury matches, although all three of his dismissals came in one game, versus Auckland in January 1894.
[3] In his final appearance, for Canterbury against New South Wales in December 1895, he bowled for the only time in first-class cricket, taking the wicket of Frank Ridge in the first innings.
[6] Collins began his teaching career at Wellington College, Wellington, in 1886, before moving to Christ's College, Christchurch, where he taught until 1906.