Wally Somers
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| Full name | Walter Thomas Somers[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Walter Thomas "Wally" Somers was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented his country.[2]
Playing career
Somers played for Newton in the Auckland Rugby League competition.
Somers represented Auckland and was first selected to play for New Zealand in 1919 against the touring Australian side.[3] In 1920 he was part of the Auckland team that defeated Great Britain. They were the first New Zealand team to defeat Great Britain on New Zealand soil.[4]
In 1930 it was reported that he was considering a comeback with Ellerslie.[5]
References
- ↑ http://www.nzleague.co.nz/players/kiwi_details/127
- 1 2 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ↑ Coffey, John Oliver; Wood, Bernie (1 January 2008). "100 Years: Māori Rugby League, 1908-2008". Huia Publishers. Retrieved 16 June 2016 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ↑ "Papers Past — NZ Truth — 17 April 1930 — CITY CLUBS SORT OUT THEIR TALENT". Retrieved 16 June 2016.
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