Arthur Oxford

Australian rugby league footballer

Arthur Oxford

Personal information

Full name

Arthur Thomas Oxford

Born

(1894-06-27)27 June 1894
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Died

1 June 1980(1980-06-01) (aged 85)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Playing information

Position

Hooker

Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1915–21	South Sydney	76	18	121	0	296
1922–29	Eastern Suburbs	103	18	257	0	568
	Total	179	36	378	0	864
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1919–24	Australia	5	1	7	0	17
1919–24	New South Wales	17	3	38	0	85
1925	Queensland	1	0	1	0	2
1920–22	Metropolis	3	1	4	0	11

Source: ^[1]

Arthur Thomas Oxford (1894–1980) was an Australian rugby league footballer, a state and national representative whose club career was played with the Eastern Suburbs club and South Sydney from 1915 to 1929.

Club career

A noted point scorer, Oxford played with South Sydney for 7 seasons between 1915 and 1921. He won a premiership with Souths in NSWRL season 1918.

Oxford then switched to Eastern Suburbs for another 7 seasons between 1922 and 1929, winning the premiership with them in NSWRL season 1923.^[2]

In 1920 he kicked a then-record 23 successive goals in club matches for South Sydney Rabbitohs. In the season 1923, he was the NSW Rugby Football League's top point scorer with 113 points (5 tries and 49 goals).^{[citation needed]} Oxford was also Captain of Sydney Roosters on many occasions.

In 1927 he overtook Harold Horder's record for the most points scored in an NSWRFL career (758); Oxford's eventual total of 864 stood as the new career record for twenty seasons until it was bettered by Tom Kirk in 1946. Oxford's total club career tally over fourteen seasons was 36 tries and 136 goals for 864 points.^[3]

Arthur Oxford is Eastern Suburbs player number 127.^[4]

Representative career

He represented for New South Wales in twenty-two matches against Queensland from 1919 - 1924. He made five Test appearances in the Australia national rugby league team touring against New Zealand in 1919 and later against Great Britain. In 1925 during a season as captain-coach of Rockhampton in Queensland, he was selected as a Queensland representative, playing one match in 1925 making him the only player to represent both states.

Family

His son, also called Arthur Oxford, played first grade for Easts in the 1944, 1948,1949 and 1950; his other son Kevin played lower grades for Easts. His grandsons Gary, Wayne and Brett Stevens and Colin Oxford played for South Sydney. Gary Stevens was a South Sydney Rabbitohs star of the 1960s and 1970s and an Australian Test representative.^[5]

Arthur Oxford died on 1 June 1980, 26 days short of his 86th birthday.

References

^ "Arthur Oxford - Career Stats & Summary - Rugby League Project".
^ "Men's Honour Roll". Sydney Roosters. Archived from the original on 27 March 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
^ "Rugby League Project".
^ List of Sydney Roosters Players- Wikipedia
^ Alan Whiticker, Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players

External links

Queensland representatives at qrl.com.au

Preceded by

Harold Horder (1918)

Record-holder
Most points in an NSWRFL career^[1]
1927 (759) - 1946 (864)

Succeeded by

Tom Kirk (1946)

Eastern Suburbs squad - 1923 NSWRFL Premiers (4th title)

1. Ed Rigney
2. Cyril Abotomey
3. Jack Dawson
4. Les Steel
5. George Agar
6. Harry Caples (c)
7. Sid Kaufman

8. Arthur Oxford
9. Bill Richards
10. Tom Molloy
11. Bill Ives
12. Harold Holmes
13. Jack Watkins

14. Edward Connerton
Coach: Ray Norman

v t e National Rugby League season top points scorers
1908 Horrie Miller 1909 Arthur Conlin 1910 Dally Messenger 1911 Dally Messenger 1912 Dally Messenger 1913 Harold Horder 1914 Harold Horder 1915 Wally Messenger 1916 Charles Fraser 1917 Charles Fraser 1918 Harold Horder 1919 A McPherson 1920 Frank Burge 1921 Rex Norman 1922 Harold Horder 1923 Arthur Oxford 1924 Jack Courtney 1925 Benny Wearing 1926 Jack Courtney 1927 Alf Blair 1928 Benny Wearing 1929 Jim Craig 1930 Jim Craig 1931 Jack Lynch 1932 Les Mead 1933 Syd Christensen 1934 Dave Brown 1935 Dave Brown 1936 Syd Christensen 1937 Jack Beaton 1938 Tom Kirk 1939 Neville Smith 1940 Tom Kirk 1941 Neville Smith 1942 Ray Lindwall 1943 Tom Kirk 1944 Tom Kirk 1945 Dick Dunn 1946 Tom Kirk 1947 Pat Devery 1948 Jack Lindwall 1949 Bill Keato 1950 Bill Keato 1951 Ron Rowles 1953 Ron Rowles 1954 Ron Rowles 1955 Doug Fleming 1956 Doug Fleming 1957 Darcy Russell 1958 Harry Bath 1959 Darcy Russell 1960 Brian Graham 1961 Bob Landers 1962 Don Parish 1963 Fred Griffiths 1964 Fred Griffiths 1965 Fred Griffiths 1966 Bob Lanigan 1967 Eric Simms 1968 Eric Simms 1969 Eric Simms 1970 Eric Simms 1971 Graeme Langlands 1972 Allan McKean 1973 Graeme Langlands 1974 Graham Eadie 1975 Graham Eadie 1976 Graham Eadie 1977 Michael Cronin 1978 Michael Cronin 1979 Michael Cronin 1980 Steve Gearin 1981 Steve Rogers 1982 Michael Cronin 1983 Michael Eden 1984 Steve Gearin 1985 Michael Cronin 1986 Terry Lamb 1987 Ross Conlon 1988 Gary Belcher 1989 Andy Currier & Ricky Walford 1990 Mal Meninga 1991 Daryl Halligan 1992 Daryl Halligan 1993 Daryl Halligan 1994 Daryl Halligan 1995 Matthew Ridge 1996 Jason Taylor 1997 Jason Taylor (ARL) Ryan Girdler (SL) 1998 Ivan Cleary 1999 Matt Geyer 2000 Joel Caine 2001 Andrew Johns & Ben Walker 2002 Hazem El Masri 2003 Hazem El Masri 2004 Hazem El Masri 2005 Brett Hodgson 2006 Hazem El Masri 2007 Hazem El Masri 2008 Luke Covell 2009 Hazem El Masri 2010 Michael Gordon 2011 Benji Marshall 2012 Jarrod Croker 2013 James Maloney 2014 James Maloney & Johnathan Thurston 2015 James Maloney 2016 Jarrod Croker 2017 Nathan Cleary 2018 Latrell Mitchell 2019 Latrell Mitchell 2020 Adam Reynolds 2021 Reuben Garrick 2022 Valentine Holmes

National Rugby League season top points scorers