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Arthur "Dick" Callum was a New Zealand
Callum played
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er who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain
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Early years
Callum was an insurance agent.John Haynes ''From All Blacks to All Golds: Rugby League's Pioneers'', Christchurch, Ryan and Haynes, 1996. It appears that his surname may have actually been spelled "Callam".Rugby Football
Callum played rugby union
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for the Melrose Club. In 1901 he was suspended for failing to appear at a hearing where he was a witness. The entire Melrose club was then suspended following several disciplinary issues both on and off the field. In 1902 he left for the Boer War
The Second Boer War ( af, Tweede Vryheidsoorlog, , 11 October 189931 May 1902), also known as the Boer War, the Anglo–Boer War, or the South African War, was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the Sou ...
along with 4 other club mates. He became a more permanent member of the Melrose senior team after his return. In 1904 he transferred to the Poneke club and again to the Wellington Football Club in 1907. Callum represented Wellington
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in 1906 and 1907.
Rugby League
Callum was selected for the professional All Blacks in their 1907–08 tour of Great Britain and Australia. Like all members of the tour, Gilchrist subsequently received a life ban from theNew Zealand Rugby Union
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. Callum barely played on the tour and instead assisted Albert Baskerville
Albert (Bert) Henry Baskerville (born as "Baskiville") (15 January 1883 – 20 May 1908) was a Wellington postal clerk, a rugby union forward, author of the book "''Modern Rugby Football: New Zealand Methods; Points for the Beginner, the Pla ...
in an administrative capacity. Despite this he played in two test matches near the end of the tour, when injuries had taken their toll. After he returned from the tour he played for an A Team against a B Team made up of the touring side in an exhibition match at Athletic Park before a crowd of 8,000. He scored a try in his sides 55-20 win. It was then reported in July that he was intending on moving to Australia to live.
Personal life
In 1916 he married Ethel Marrion Quodling. Then in 1921 he remarried to Agnes Christina Tulloch. They had a daughter named Betty Campbell Callam on 10 December 1923. His sister, Mabel Annie Callam died on 21 February 1925. His mother (Eleanor Fairley Craig) died on 25 January 1955 in Wellington, while his brother Howard Reynolds Callam died on 21 August 1960 in Auckland. Arthur passed away on 19 December 1961 in Concord, New South Wales in Australia.References
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