Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- William Spence
- Born
- Wednesday, 6th December, 1882
- Died
- Wednesday, 28th July, 1948 (Aged 65 years and 234 days)
Honours & Awards
Based only on data available in the RLP database. This information should be used as a guide only.
- Test Series
- Australasia vs England 1910
- Interstate Series
- 1910, 1911, 1912
- NSWRFL Premiership (NRL)
- 1914
- City Cup
- 1912
Biography
Former Souths RU prop changed codes in 1910 and played in two matches for NSW before making his only Test appearance in the First Test against England. Later that year Spence played in the premiership final which, although finishing in a 4-all draw, saw the premiership go to Newtown on countback.
- ALAN WHITICKER
Playing Career Statistics
All statistics shown in this section are based only on data available in the RLP database, and are not necessarily a complete and/or 100% accurate representation of a player's career. This information should be used as a guide only. If you see a question mark (?), it denotes that the figure is not available.
To view a list of corresponding matches, click on the List button.
| Representative Career - International | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests (Senior International Matches) | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Other International Matches | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | - | 5 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 80.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australasia | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | South Sydney Rabbitohs | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| Representative Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Interstate Series | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Club Career - Australia | Comp Wins | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) | 1 | 56 | 10 | 2 | - | 34 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 66.07% | List | ||||
| NSWRFL Finals | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | |||||
| First Class | 71 | 15 | 2 | - | 49 | 53 | 20 | 4 | 74.65% | List | |||||
Test Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australia | 1910 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
International Matches - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Australasia | 1910 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
Australia - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| NSW Firsts | 1910-12 | 6 | 4 | - | - | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
| Metropolis | 1911-12 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| Overall | 1910-1912 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 88.89% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Year | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Season | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1910 | 11 | 4 | 1 | - | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 72.73% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1911 | 13 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 53.85% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1912 | 12 | 3 | - | - | 9 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1913 | 8 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 75.00% | List | ||||
| South Sydney | NSWRFL 1914 | 12 | - | - | - | - | 10 | 2 | 0 | 83.33% | List | ||||
NSWRFL Premiership (NRL) - By Team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Years | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| South Sydney | 1910-14 | 56 | 10 | 2 | - | 34 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 66.07% | List | ||||
Contributions:
Max Turner, Greg Fiveash, Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Tony McCarron, Alan Katzmann, Tim Costello
Your Say
26 Sep 2012 1:18pm
wow im so proud cause bill spence is my great great uncle woohoo
9 Aug 2020 8:40am
Was so happy to find this information on Bill Spence’s career, he was my great great uncle.
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