Bill McNeight
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Full name | William John McNeight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 13 June 1907 New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 21 August 1966 | (aged 59)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Second-row | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bill McNeight was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.[1]
Playing career
[edit]McNeight first made the New Zealand side in 1936, while playing for the West Coast.[2] He played in two test matches for New Zealand that year and also played for the South Island.[1][3]
By 1938 McNeight had moved to Auckland, joining the Newton Rangers club. He captained New Zealand on their 1938 tour of Australia, however no test matches were played on tour.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ McNEIGHT, William John (1936, 1938) nzleague.co.nz
- ^ Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
- ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
Categories:
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- West Coast rugby league team players
- South Island rugby league team players
- New Zealand national rugby league team captains
- Newton Rangers players
- Auckland rugby league team players
- Rugby league second-rows
- 1907 births
- 1966 deaths