Walter Milne (rugby)

For the last Protestant martyr to be burned in Scotland, see Walter Milne.

Walter Milne

Personal information
Full name	Walter Henry Milne
Born	(1884-08-05)5 August 1884 New Zealand
Died	19 July 1969(1969-07-19) (aged 84) New Zealand
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1919–≥19 Ponsonby (ARL) Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P ≤1911–≥11 Southland 1911 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0
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Walter Henry Milne (5 August 1884 – 19 July 1968) was a New Zealand rugby league footballer of the 1910s. He played at representative level for New Zealand (Heritage № 58), and Southland, and at club level for Ponsonby, as a Prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums.

Rugby football career

Milne originally played rugby union, playing for the Britannia club in Southland. In 1908 he was involved in the first club match of rugby league in New Zealand. The match was played after both sides had been suspended by the Southland Rugby Union for "striking" after they had refused to go back onto the field after halftime due to the blizzard conditions. Milne escaped suspension and went on to represent Wanganui, the North Island and Taranaki.

He switched codes to rugby league in 1911 and represented New Zealand on the 1911 tour of Australia.