Bill Cloke
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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
Ernest William "Bill" Cloke was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.[1]
Playing career[]
Cloke played for New Zealand on the , 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[]
- ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- New Zealand rugby league players
- New Zealand national rugby league team players
- Auckland rugby league team players
- Newton Rangers players
- Rugby league wingers
- 1892 births
- 1956 deaths