Bill Cloke

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Bill Cloke
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Ernest Cloke's gravestone
Personal information
Full nameErnest William Cloke
Born9 April 1892 (1892-04-09)
New Zealand
Died18 September 1956 (1956-09-19) (aged 64)
Playing information
Position Wing
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1916–17 Otahuhu United 130000
1917–23 Newton Rangers 55131041
Total68131041
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1920 Auckland 241014
1919 New Zealand 640012
Source: [1]

Ernest William "Bill" Cloke was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand. [1]

Contents

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

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "NZLEAGUE.CO.NZ - Home". Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN   978-1-86969-366-4.
  4. "League Team/Merger Scheme Not To Be Changed". Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 112. 14 May 1942. p. 3. Retrieved 18 April 2022.