Bill Stuart (rugby league)
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William John Stuart | |||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Wing | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 19??–1929 | Hornby | |||||
| 1930–19?? | Addington | |||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Canterbury | ||||||
| 1924 | New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1928 | South Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
William John "Bill" Stuart[1] is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country .
Playing career
Stuart played for Hornby in the Canterbury Rugby League competition before being selected for New Zealand in 1924 despite having suffered a knee injury in trials that troubled him for the rest of his career.[2] He scored a try in his debut Test against the Great Britain Lions in Auckland and also played in the third Test in Dunedin.
Stuart was a South Island reserve in 1928 and switched to Addington in 1930, helping the club to a Thacker Shield victory.[2]
References
- ↑ STUART, WILLIAM JOHN 1924 - KIWI #152 Archived May 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. nzleague.co.nz
- 1 2 Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987.
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