Playing Career
Vital Statistics
- Full Name
- William Eden Spence
- Born
- Friday, 17th March, 1882
- Died
- Wednesday, 28th July, 1948 (Aged 66 years and 132 days)
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.
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Competitions | ||||||||||||||
| Competition | App | T | G | GK % | FG | Pts | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
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| NRL | 56 | 10 | 2 | - | 34 | 37 | 16 | 3 | 66.07% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | New South Wales Firsts | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 66.67% | List | |||
| Tour Matches | Australia | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | |||
| Test Series | 2 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50.00% | List | ||||
| The Ashes | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| Tour Matches | Australasia | 1 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | |||
| Interstate Matches | 3 | 2 | - | - | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
| NRL Finals | 1 | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00% | List | ||||
| City Cup | 3 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00% | List | ||||
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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 | |||
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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 | |||
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NRL/NSWRL - 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 | |||
NRL/NSWRL - 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:
Greg Fiveash, Andrew Ferguson, Shawn Dollin, Rugby League Tables, Alan Katzmann
Your Say
26/09/2012
wow im so proud cause bill spence is my great great uncle woohoo
09/08/2020
Was so happy to find this information on Bill Spence’s career, he was my great great uncle.
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