Bill Richards (rugby league)

Bill Richards
Personal information
Full nameWilliam Richards
Born(1896-08-04)4 August 1896
Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
Died14 July 1968(1968-07-14) (aged 71)
Sydney, NSW, Australia
Playing information
PositionSecond-row, Lock
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1922 Newtown Jets 2 0 0 0 0
1923 Eastern Suburbs 14 1 0 0 3
Total 16 1 0 0 3
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1919–22 Queensland 12 2 1 0 8
1920–22 Australia 5 0 0 0 0

William Richards (4 August 1896 – 14 July 1968) was an Australian rugby league player.

Originally with Brisbane club Wests, Richards represented Australia from 1920 to 1922, as both a lock forward and second-row. He appeared in all three home internationals against Great Britain in 1920 and was in the Kangaroos squad for their 1921–22 tour of Great Britain, where he gained further caps against the British and Welsh sides.[1]

Richards joined Newtown in the 1922 NSWRFL season, having come to Sydney as the only Queenslander selected to an "Australasian" side for a match against the Kangaroos.[2] He moved to Eastern Suburbs in 1923 and was a second rower in their premiership team. After two seasons in Sydney, Richards returned to Queensland.[3]

References

  1. ^ The Rugby League news., Short passes, N.S.W. Rugby Football League, p. 7 – via Trove
  2. ^ "Football". The Daily Standard. 27 June 1922. p. 4 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ "Rugby Coaches". The Daily Standard. 12 February 1924. p. 5 – via National Library of Australia.
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