Cornelius "Con" McCarthy (14 January 1894 – 5 November 1968) was a New Zealand professional

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footballer who played in the 1910s. He played at representative level for

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( Heritage № 114), and

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, as a , i.e. number 6.

International and representative honours

McCarthy who was a butcher by trade, represented Hawkes Bay in 1919, playing for them against Auckland at

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. He made his debut for

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. 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. On August 5, 1920 McCarthy played in the centres for the North Island against the touring

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at Napier. He captained the side who went down 46-5.

Military service

McCarthy briefly served as a

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in F Company,

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in 1916, but was discharged after three months as being medically unfit for service. He did not travel overseas or see active service.

References

External links

Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org
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