Bill Cloke
New Zealand international rugby league footballer (1892-1956)
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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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Playing career
Bill Cloke began his career playing for Otahuhu United in 1916 playing 11 matches for their senior side. He played 2 further matches for them in the 1917 season before he transferred to the Newton Rangers after the Otahuhu senior side folded mid season due to a lack of players through illness, injury, and players leaving for the war effort. 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]