Bill Cloke

Bill Cloke

Personal information
Full name	Ernest William Cloke
Born	9 April 1892 (1892-04-09) New Zealand
Died	18 September 1956 (1956-09-19) (aged 64)
Playing information
Position	Wing
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1916–17 Otahuhu United 13 0 0 0 0 1917–23 Newton Rangers 55 13 1 0 41 Total 68 13 1 0 41 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1920 Auckland 2 4 1 0 14 1919 New Zealand 6 4 0 0 12
Source: [1]

Ernest Cloke's gravestone

Ernest William "Bill" Cloke was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.[1]

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]

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. "NZLEAGUE.CO.NZ - Home". Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
3. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
4. "League Team/Merger Scheme Not To Be Changed". Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 112. 14 May 1942. p. 3. Retrieved 18 April 2022.