Arthur Corfe

Arthur Corfe

Corfe appears back row second from right, after the 1 July Queensland match against the 1899 British Lions.
Birth name	Arthur Cecil Corfe
Date of birth	(1878-12-05)5 December 1878
Place of birth	Christchurch
Date of death	30 January 1949(1949-01-30) (aged 70)
Place of death	St Pancras
Rugby union career
Provincial / State sides Years Team Apps (Points) 1899 Queensland () National team(s) Years Team Apps (Points) 1899 Australia 1 (0)

Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Cecil Corfe DSO** (5 December 1878 – 30 January 1949) was a New Zealand-born Australian military officer and rugby union player who made state and international representative appearances for Australia in 1899.

Corfe was born in Christchurch, where his father, Charles Corfe, was the principal of Christ's College. The family moved to Queensland when Charles took over as principal of Toowoomba Grammar School in 1890.

A flanker, Corfe claimed one international rugby cap for Australia during the inaugural Test series played by Australian representative sides. His debut game was against Great Britain, at Brisbane, on 22 July 1899 during the 1899 British Lions tour to Australia. Three weeks earlier he had made a state appearance for Queensland against those same tourists.

Corfe served with the 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry in the Boer War in South Africa. In the First World War, he received the Distinguished Service Order in the 1917 Birthday Honours while serving as a major with the South African Defence Force, while commanding the Royal West Kent Regiment. He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1917.