Bill Hemingway Explained

Bill Hemingway
Full Name:Wilfrid Hubert Hemingway
Birth Date:22 September 1908
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Death Place:Dubbo, NSW, Australia
Height:5 ft 9 in
Occupation:Solicitor
School:Sydney Grammar School
University:University of Sydney
Position:Wing
Repyears1:1928–32
Repcaps1:5
Reppoints1:9

Wilfrid Hubert Hemingway (22 September 1908 — 12 April 1981) was an Australian rugby union international.

Hemingway, born in Auckland, immigrated to Australia as a young child and attended Sydney Grammar School.[1]

A speedy winger, Hemingway attained five Test caps between 1928 and 1932, making his debut aged 19.[2]

Hemingway, a solicitor by profession, played first-grade rugby for Sydney University while studying for his law degree and later joined Northern Suburbs, for which he set a club record 101 points in the 1932 season.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Hemingways of Morella Road . mosmanmemories.net.
  2. Web site: Wilfrid Hubert Hemingway . classicwallabies.com.au . en.
  3. News: Paterson's 102 points . . 22 August 1948 . 19 . National Library of Australia.