Bill Cloke
Ernest William "Bill" Cloke was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand [national rugby league team|New Zealand].
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 [New Zealand rugby league tour of Australia|1919 tour of Australia], where no test matches were played.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.