Wally Somers
Walter Thomas "Wally" Somers was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.[2]
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| Full name | Walter Thomas Somers[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Hooker | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 he registered with the Ellerslie club and scored a try and kicked 2 goals during the season with them.
References
- http://www.nzleague.co.nz/players/kiwi_details/127
- "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.
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