Career
After leaving Cambridge, he returned to New Zealand, where his most successful years were with Wellington in the 1920s. lieutenant was during this decade that he scored four of his six first-class centuries, including the largest (and his last), 172 against Auckland in the 1924-1925 Plunket Shield. Collins represented New Zealand during the Master Control Console tour of 1922-1923.
At Christchurch he scored 102, while at the Basin Reserve, as captain, he hit a second-innings 69.