Ernest William "Bill" Cloke was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.[1]
Playing career
Bill Cloke began his career playing for Otahuhu United in 1916 playing 11 matches for their senior side. He played 2 further matches for them in the 1917 season before he transferred to the Newton Rangers after the Otahuhu senior side folded mid season due to a lack of players through illness, injury, and players leaving for the war effort. Cloke played for New Zealand on the 1919 tour of Australia, where no test matches were played.[2]
On 24 July 1920 he played for Auckland against the touring Great Britain Lions. They won 24–16, becoming the first New Zealand team to defeat Great Britain on New Zealand soil.[3]
Selector
Cloke later became a selector for Auckland in the 1940s.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "NZLEAGUE.CO.NZ - Home". Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ^ "League Team/Merger Scheme Not To Be Changed". Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 112. 14 May 1942. p. 3. Retrieved 18 April 2022.