Another Captain of the Australian XI on Cambridge Street? Looks like it. Not a resident but an alumni of Glenmore Road Public School (see the article below). Collins captained Australia to an Ashes series win in 1924/25 and before that won a NSWRL Premiership for Eastern Suburbs in 1911. "Horseshoe" earnt his nickname on account of his luck and his proclivity for gambling (he was also handy at winning the toss). In later life he became a bookie. More of his life in his Australian Dictionary of Biography entry here.
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