Bill Cloke
Ernest William "Bill" Cloke was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.[1]
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| Full name | Ernest William Cloke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 April 1892 New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 September 1956 (aged 64) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ernest Cloke's gravestone
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]
Selector
Cloke later became a selector for Auckland in the 1940s.[4]
References
- "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-08-06. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- "League Team/Merger Scheme Not To Be Changed". Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 112. 1942-05-14. p. 3. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
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