Arthur Cuthbertson
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 1888 Sydney |
| Died | 1925 London |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Team | New South Wales |
Arthur Cuthbertson (1888–1925 ) was an Australian ice hockey player, who represented New South Wales in the first two Goodall Cups.
Biography[edit]
Cuthbertson was the grandson of the Rev. William Cuthbertson who was a minister of the Pitt Street Congregational Church, Sydney and his parents were William and Edith Cuthbertson of "Arricca" 10 Appian Way, Burwood. His father was a director of Buzacott and Co., Ltd., and a deacon of the Burwood Congregatlonal Church, where his family worshipped.[1] Cuthbertson attended Newington College (1900–1906)[2] and his Headmaster, Dr Charles Prescott, said later that he had a successful school career, and was prominent in sport: "He was a splendid footballer, cricket, too, strongly appealed to him." After matriculation he then studied medicine at the University of Sydney.
In 1909[3] and 1910[4] Cuthbertson played ice hockey for the NSW Team in the Goodall Cup. Cuthbertson enlisted in June 1916 as a corporal with the Second Australian Imperial Force Machine Gun Battalion[5] and served at the Battle of Passchendaele, Battle of the Somme and at Messines. After demobilisation he remained in Britain and finished his degrees at Edinburgh and Glasgow.[6] Having graduated, Cutherfson was appointed ship's doctor on Waipara with the British India Line. He visited Sydney in 1922 before his death in a motor vehicle accident in London.[7] He was knocked down and killed by a taxicab. At the time of his death he was 6 foot in height and weighed 17 stone and was looking for a practice in London prior to his expected marriage in September to his fiancé Miss Field.[8]
Gallery[edit]
Cuthbertson's childhood home, family church, school and university
References[edit]
- ^ "MR. WILLIAM CUTHBERTSON". The Sydney Morning Herald. No. 29, 151. 10 June 1931. p. 9. Retrieved 21 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Newington College Register of Past Students 1863–1998 (Sydney, 1999) pp47
- ^ "ICE HOCKEY". Evening News. No. 13, 174. Sydney. 30 August 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 21 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "GLACIARIUM—INTER-STATE CONTESTS". The Sunday Times. No. 1279. Sydney. 24 July 1910. p. 2. Retrieved 21 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ The AIF Project Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ Sydney University Book of Remembrance Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ Ice Hockey Legends Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ "DEATH ENDS ROMANCE". The Sun. No. 4602 (FINAL EXTRA ed.). Sydney. 4 August 1925. p. 1. Retrieved 21 July 2016 – via National Library of Australia.