Bill Guiney
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| Full name | Wilfred Patterson Guiney | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 April 1892 New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 January 1941 (48 years) New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Stand-off, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wilfred Patterson "Bill" Guiney[2] is a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand .
Playing career[edit]
Guiney represented Addington in the Canterbury Rugby League competition.[3] In 1920 he was selected to play for New Zealand against Great Britain. In the match he scored New Zealand's only rugby league Test try on Lancaster Park.[citation needed]
Personal life[edit]
He married Marjorie Ross Hawley on 13 July 1926. He died in 1941 leaving behind his wife and a 13 year old son, 12 year old daughter and 3 year old son. He had spent time in Australia and served in the Divisional Ammunition Column of the Australian Imperial Force.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ GUINEY, WILFRED PATTERSON 1920 - KIWI #142 Archived 1 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
- ^ Coffey, John. Canterbury XIII, Christchurch, 1987
- ^ "The Last Post!". Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 45. 22 February 1941. p. 4. Retrieved 1 November 2020.