Harold Ambrose Tolhurst (4 July 1911 — 13 October 1988) was an Australian

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international. Raised in rural New South Wales, Tolhurst was born in

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and attended St. Joseph's School, Nyngan. Tolhurst played his rugby in Sydney and was a product of Drummoyne juniors. He briefly played first-grade for Glebe-Balmain, before transferring to Manly in 1930. A winger, Tolhurst gained a

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call up for the 1931 tour of New Zealand, where he featured in Tests against NZ Maori in Palmerston North and the

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in Auckland. Retiring as a player in 1939, Tolhurst went on to referee the two Sydney Tests in the 1951

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and received praise after the series from All Blacks team manager Stan Botting for his handling of the matches.

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