Con McCarthy (rugby league)

For the Australian rules footballer who played in the 1910s and 1920s for Collingwood, and Footscray, see Con McCarthy.

Cornelius "Con" McCarthy (14 January 1894 – 5 November 1968) was a New Zealand professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1910s. He played at representative level for New Zealand, and Hawke's Bay, as a stand-off.^[2][3][4][5]

Con McCarthy

Personal information
Full name	Cornelius McCarthy
Born	(1894-01-14)14 January 1894 Port Ahuriri, Napier, New Zealand[1]
Died	5 November 1968(1968-11-05) (aged 74) Masterton, New Zealand
Playing information
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight	70 kg (155 lb)[1]
Position	Stand-off
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1919–20 Ahuriri 13 2 7 0 20 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1919–22 Hawke's Bay 5 2 4 0 14 1919–21 New Zealand 11 0 0 0 0 1919 New Zealand XIII 1 0 0 0 0 1920 Rest of New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0 1920 North Island 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [2]

International and representative honours

McCarthy who was a butcher by trade, represented Hawkes Bay in 1919, playing for them against Auckland at Carlaw Park.^[6] He made his debut for New Zealand in the same season on their tour of Australia where no test matches were played. He made 9 appearances on the tour. He then played for New Zealand against an Auckland XIII after their return.^[7] He also played in 2 matches for Hawke's Bay against the touring Australian side. Hawke's Bay were soundly beaten on both matches by 67 to 4 (with McCarthy kicking 2 penalties) and 73-7. In 1920 he played for a Rest of New Zealand team against Auckland and his side were hammered 54-0.^[8] On August 5, 1920 McCarthy played in the centres for the North Island against the touring England at Napier. He captained the side who went down 46-5.

Military service

McCarthy briefly served as a lance corporal in F Company, New Zealand Expeditionary Force in 1916, but was discharged after three months as being medically unfit for service. He did not travel overseas or see active service.^[1]