Bill Schultz

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Playing Career

Vital Statistics

Nickname(s)
Changa
Born
Tuesday, 20th October, 1891
Died
1975

Biography

Balmain forward, a local junior who played Australian Rules at the local Christian Brothers with another budding champion, Charles ‘Chook’ Fraser, won six premiership titles with the club during his career (1915-17, 1919-20 & 1924). Schultz’s family was of German origin but he earned the nickname ‘Chang’ at school because he carried a picture postcard of General Chang, a Manchurian warlord and hero of the Russo-Japanese war (1902-04). Graded by the Balmain club in 1912, the sturdy prop played in four winning finals matches with the Tigers (1916, 1919-20 and 1924) and continued his personal and professional association with ‘Chook’ Fraser at club, state and international level. Schultz first represented NSW in 1919 and made his Test debut on the historic Australian tour of NZ that year. He appeared in all three Tests in Australia's Ashes winning series in 1920 before touring with the 1921-22 ‘Australasian’ Kangaroos. In England, ‘Changa’ Shultz played in two Tests against England and 22 other matches on the tour. His final premiership match for the club was the 3-0 win over Souths in the 1924 final.
- ALAN WHITICKER

Playing Career Statistics

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Competitions

Competition   App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
NRL 142 15 -   - 45 98 32 12 69.01% List
City Cup 31 5 -   - 15 16 14 1 51.61% List
NRL Finals 2 - -   - - 2 0 0 100.00% List
Tour Matches New South Wales Firsts 7 - -   - - 6 1 0 85.71% List
Interstate Matches 5 - -   - - 3 2 0 60.00% List
Tour Matches Australia 32 3 -   - 9 25 7 0 78.13% List
Test Series 7 - -   - - 5 2 0 71.43% List
Tour Matches Sydney Firsts 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
The Ashes 5 - -   - - 3 2 0 60.00% List
Tour Matches Metropolis 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List


International

Test Matches - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Australia 1919-22 9 - -   - - 6 3 0 66.67% List


Representative

Australia - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Metropolis 1914-15, 1922-23 5 - -   - - 4 1 0 80.00% List
Rest of NSW Firsts 1917 1 1 -   - 3 1 0 0 100.00% List
NSW Firsts 1919-21, 1923 14 - -   - - 11 3 0 78.57% List
Sydney Firsts 1920 1 - -   - - 0 1 0 0.00% List
Kangaroos 1922 1 - -   - - 1 0 0 100.00% List
Overall1914-1923 22 1 0   0 3 17 5 0 77.27% List


Club Career

NRL/NSWRL - By Year

Team Season App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Balmain NSWRFL 1913 3 - -   - - 1 2 0 33.33% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1914 14 1 -   - 3 6 4 4 42.86% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1915 14 3 -   - 9 12 0 2 85.71% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1916 15 2 -   - 6 12 3 0 80.00% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1917 14 1 -   - 3 13 1 0 92.86% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1918 14 1 -   - 3 8 5 1 57.14% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1919 11 3 -   - 9 9 1 1 81.82% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1920 12 2 -   - 6 10 1 1 83.33% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1921 8 - -   - - 5 3 0 62.50% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1922 14 - -   - - 7 6 1 50.00% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1923 14 1 -   - 3 8 5 1 57.14% List
Balmain NSWRFL 1924 9 1 -   - 3 7 1 1 77.78% List

NRL/NSWRL - By Team

Team Years App T G   GK % FG Pts W L D Win %  
Balmain 1913-24 142 15 -   - 45 98 32 12 69.01% List

Your Say

  • Peter
    22/01/2017

    His nickname was chang and not changa. Search Trove - say his testimonial in 1925.

  • Anonymous
    18/08/2017

    His grandparents were an Irish famine orphan called McNamara and an Adolph Schultz - a seaman from Altona near Hamburg in what is now Germany. His grandad jumped ship in Sydney and while living until 1923 - was never legal says family legend.

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Contributions: Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson, Rugby League Tables, Greg Fiveash, Alan Katzmann, Bill Bates