Bill Cloke
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| Full name | William Ernest Cloke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William "Bill" Ernest Cloke was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country .
Playing career
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]
References
- ^ William Cloke rugbyleagueproject.org
- ^ http://www.nzleague.co.nz/players/kiwi_details/119
- ^ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.