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Arthur 'Wicker' Surridge (1884-1963) was a rugby league player in the Australian competition the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership between 1909 and 1910.
An Easts rugby junior, Arthur Surridge grew up at Paddington, New South Wales and played for the Eastern Suburbs club in the 1909 NSWRFL season. A forward, Surridge was an accomplished goal kicker, playing in 9 matches for the Tricolours, including that year's semifinal loss to Balmain in which he was a try scorer.
Surridge represented the New South Wales rugby league team on one occasion in 1909. He is noted as the 31st Sydney Roosters player. He joined the Balmain Tigers for the 1910 NSWRFL season.
Surridge was a well-known police detective in Sydney and held numerous positions with the Eastern Suburbs club over many years. He died on 2 August 1963, age 79 years.