Tom McCabe (rugby league)

Thomas McCabe (21 August 1881 – 29 August 1960)^[1] was an English rugby league player.

Tom McCabe

Personal information
Full name	Thomas McCabe
Born	(1881-08-21)21 August 1881 Widnes, Cheshire, England
Died	29 August 1960(1960-08-29) (aged 79) Liverpool, England
Playing information
Position	Forward
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1908 Glebe 9 3 0 0 9 1909–12 Oldham 85 10 0 0 30 Total 94 13 0 0 39 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1908–10 New South Wales 5 6 0 0 18 1908–09 Australia 2 0 0 0 0

Born and raised in Widnes, McCabe was a pioneer of the sport in Australia, having moved there as a young adult.^[2]

McCabe, a forward, competed with Glebe in the 1908 NSWRFL season and appeared for Australia in the first ever Test between them and New Zealand, held that year at Sydney's Royal Agricultural Society Showground. He also featured on the 1908–09 tour of Great Britain, where he remained and had several seasons with Oldham.^[3][4]