Bill Ives (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Francis Ives | |||||
| Nickname | Bill | |||||
| Born | 14 November 1896 Glebe, New South Wales | |||||
| Died | 23 March 1975 Newport Beach, New South Wales | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Prop | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1920 | Glebe | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 1921–27 | Eastern Suburbs | 87 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 52 |
| 1928 | St George Dragons | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 101 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 61 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1924–25 | New South Wales | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Bill Ives (1896-1975) was an Australian rugby league footballer from the 1920s.
Career
Ives played for the Glebe in 1920, Eastern Suburbs between 1921-1927 and the St. George Dragons 1928 in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership in Australia. His usual position was at prop-forward. He won two premierships with the Roosters in 1923 and 1924 and captained the club on many occasions.[1]
He was the younger brother of Australian test player Clarrie Ives.[2]
He also played first-class cricket for New South Wales as a right-handed lower-order batsman and a right-arm fast-medium bowler, appearing in seven matches between 1919–20 and 1921–22.[3]
References
- ↑ http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org
- ↑ Alan Whiticker/Glen Hudson: Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players. 1995 (ISBN 1875169571)
- ↑ "William Ives". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
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