Arthur Surridge

{{short description|Australian rugby league footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Use Australian English|date=February 2019}} {{Infobox rugby league biography | name = Arthur Surridge | fullname = Arthur Surridge | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1884|06|02|df=y}} | birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | death_date = {{death date and age|1963|08|02|1884|06|02|df=y}} | death_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | height = | weight = | position = {{Rlp|LK|SR|WG}} | club1 = Eastern Suburbs | year1start = 1909 | year1end = | appearances1 = 8 | tries1 = 3 | goals1 = 15 | fieldgoals1 = 1 | points1 = 41 | club2 = Balmain | year2start = 1910 | year2end = | appearances2 = 4 | tries2 = 1 | goals2 = 5 | fieldgoals2 = 0 | points2 = 13 | teamA = New South Wales | yearAstart = 1909 | yearAend = | appearancesA = 4 | triesA = 3 | goalsA = 4 | fieldgoalsA = 0 | pointsA = 17 | updated = 14 February 2019 | source = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/arthur-surridge/summary.html|title=Arthur Surridge - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project|website=Rugbyleagueproject.org}}</ref> }}

'''Arthur 'Wicker' Surridge''' (1884–1963) was a rugby league footballer in the Australian competition the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership between 1909 and 1910.

==Playing career== An Easts rugby junior, Surridge grew up at Paddington, New South Wales and played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the 1909 NSWRFL season. A forward, Surridge was an accomplished goal kicker, playing in 9 matches for the Tricolours, including that year's semifinal loss to Balmain in which he was a try scorer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.roosters.com.au/about/past-players/|title=Men's Honour Roll|website=Sydney Roosters|access-date=14 February 2019|archive-date=27 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327090103/https://www.roosters.com.au/about/past-players/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Surridge represented the New South Wales rugby league team on four occasions in 1909. He is noted as the 31st Eastern Suburbs player. He joined Balmain for the 1910 NSWRFL season.

Surridge was a well-known police detective in Sydney and held numerous positions with the Eastern Suburbs club over many years. He died on 2 August 1963, aged 79 years.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * ''The Encyclopedia Of Rugby League Players''; Alan Whiticker & Glen Hudson * ''History Of The New South Wales Rugby League''; Steve Haddan

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