Stan Walters (rugby league)

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Stan Walters
Personal information
Full nameStanley Charles Walters
Born5 December 1889
New Zealand
Died26 May, 1980 (aged 90)
Playing information
Position Prop, Second-row
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1911–20 North Shore 64302094
1916City Combined side10000
1917Combined (City, Newton, N Shore)10000
1921City Rovers (Waik.)10000
1926United (Waik.)72006
Total743220100
Representative
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
1913–20 Auckland 1683030
1913–21 New Zealand 31120036
1921Hamilton & Cambridge10000
1921–26Hamilton40000
1926 Waikato 10000
Source: [1]
As of 19 December 2020

Stan Walters was a New Zealand rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand. [1]

Playing career

Walters played for the North Shore club and represented Auckland. [2]

He made his debut for New Zealand in 1913 on their tour of Australia. No test matches were played on the tour. Walters made his test debut against the 1914 touring Great Britain Lions.[ citation needed ]

After the war Walters resumed his New Zealand career, playing for the side between 1919 and 1921.

The 1919 New Zealand team to tour New South Wales and Queensland. Stan Walters is in the back row on the left. The 1919 New Zealand rugby league team to tour Australia.png
The 1919 New Zealand team to tour New South Wales and Queensland. Stan Walters is in the back row on the left.

In 1920 he captained New Zealand in a three match test series against Great Britain. [3]

In 1921 he moved into the Waikato region and was involved in coaching and playing up until 1926. He in fact joined the local competition that season as a player and after an appearance for the City Rovers side based in Hamilton was selected for the New Zealand tour of Australia. The newly formed South Auckland league presented him with a medal for being the first ever South Auckland player to be selected for a New Zealand tour. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN   978-1-86969-366-4.
  3. ↑ WALTERS, Stanley Charles (1913 - 14, 1919 - 21) nzleague.co.nz
  4. ↑ "The League Code". Waikato Times, Volume 94, Issue 14657. 21 May 1921. p. 14. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
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