sentences:  Syd Middleton made his Test debut on that tour at Rectory Field, Blackheath in the Test against England in January 1909.At the tour's end McKivat would lead fourteen of the Wallabies into the professional ranks with the fledgling rugby league code in Sydney, but Middleton was not interested.He stayed loyal to the amateur game and was rewarded in 1910 when he captained New South Wales in matches against the All Blacks and the New Zealand Māori.