| Bill Cloke | |
| Fullname: | Ernest William Cloke |
| Birth Place: | New Zealand |
| Club1: | Otahuhu United |
| Year1start: | 1916 |
| Year1end: | 17 |
| Appearances1: | 13 |
| Tries1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Fieldgoals1: | 0 |
| Points1: | 0 |
| Club2: | Newton Rangers |
| Year2start: | 1917 |
| Year2end: | 23 |
| Appearances2: | 50 |
| Tries2: | 10 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Fieldgoals2: | 0 |
| Points2: | 32 |
| Teama: | Auckland |
| Yearastart: | 1920 |
| Appearancesa: | 2 |
| Triesa: | 4 |
| Goalsa: | 1 |
| Fieldgoalsa: | 0 |
| Pointsa: | 14 |
| Teamb: | New Zealand |
| Yearbstart: | 1919 |
| Appearancesb: | 6 |
| Triesb: | 4 |
| Goalsb: | 0 |
| Fieldgoalsb: | 0 |
| Pointsb: | 12 |
| Source: | [1] |
| New: | yes |
Ernest William "Bill" Cloke was a New Zealand rugby league player who represented New Zealand.[1]
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 tour of Australia, where no test matches were played.[2]
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.[3]
Cloke later became a selector for Auckland in the 1940s.[4]