Arthur Halloway
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Arthur 'Pony' Halloway (1885 to 1961) (born in Sydney, Australia) was a rugby league player for the Glebe Dirty Reds (1908), Balmain Tigers (1909-11 & 1915-20)and Eastern Suburbs (1912-14), in the New South Wales Rugby League competition.
He was a Half Back for the Australian national team. He played in 10 Tests between 1908 and 1919 as captain on 3 occasions in 1919. Halloway was nicknamed 'Pony' but despite his small stature he was recognised as one of the fiercest competitors to play the game.
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[edit] Career
Halloway was playing rugby union with Easts in Sydney when the defections to rugby league commenced in 1908. He was recruited by the Glebe club after taking part in the rebel series against Baskerville's New Zealand 'All Golds'. Late in the 1908 season Halloway was selected to go away on the inaugural Kangaroo Tour . He playing 29 matches on tour including the 1st Anglo-Australian Test in London.
Earlier that year Halloway made his Test debut in Australia's 14-9 win in the 3rd Test in Sydney in 1908, the 3rd ever international league fixture in which Australia took part.
The arrival of the 2nd wave of Wallaby defectors in 1909 pushed Halloway down the representative pecking order and for the next five years he maintained a regular rivalry for the Australian half-back position with former Wallaby captain Chris McKivat.
In 1910 Halloway moved to the Balmain club for three seasons, from where he also continued his representive career, making his second Kangaroo tour in 1911. He played in 12 tour matches but no Tests with McKivat the preferred Test half-back
He joined the Eastern Suburbs club 1912 where he won back to back premierships in 1912 and 1913 as well as being a member of the City Cup Winning Side in 1914.
Following McKivat's retirement he became the preferred half back in the 1914 Ashes series.
Halloway returned to Balmain in 1915 where he won further premierships in 1915, '16, '17, '19 and 1920 as captain and captain-coach from 1916.
His first appearance as captain of the Kangaroos was on the 1919 tour of New Zealand when he captained the side to a 2-1 tour victory.
He later moved to Queensland and represented that state in one game in 1921.
[edit] Character & Playing Style
The story is recounted of him chopping off a finger in a work related accident one Saturday morning, then leading his club side, Balmain, to victory that afternoon with his hand swathed in a blood-stained bandage.
Halloway was a consumate team man, a sound defender and an opportunistic half-back capable of opening up an opposition worn down by heavy forward clashes with impeccable service to his outside backs.
[edit] Coaching Career
After retirement as a player he coached in the country league at Parkes, then Lismore. He returned to Sydney in the 30s and won three premierships as caoach of the Roosters from 1935 to 1937. He coached Norths from 1940 to 1941; Canterbury in 1948 and won another premierhips coaching Easts in 1945.
[edit] Career Achievements
Throughout his playing career Halloway played in over 100 representative matches, including 10 tests for Australia. He made over 30 appearances for NSW as well as 6 for Queensland.
All up Pony Halloway went on four overseas playing tours. He won 7 premiershps as a player and 4 as a coach. He was involved in the game at the top level either as player or coach in a career spanning 37 years.
Halloway passed away in 1961, aged 76.
[edit] Sources
- Alan Whiticker, Alan & Hudson,Glen 'The Enclopedia Of Rugby League Players'
- Whiticker, Alan (2004) Captaining the Kangaroos, New Holland, Sydney
- Andrews, Malcom (2006) The ABC of Rugby League Austn Broadcasting Corpn, Sydney
