Bill Farnsworth

Bill Farnsworth

Personal information
Full name	Andrew William Farnsworth
Born	(1887-01-14)14 January 1887 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia
Died	30 October 1966(1966-10-30) (aged 79) Waterfall, New South Wales
Playing information
Position	Five-eighth
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1910–12	Newtown	23	4	0	0	12
1912–20	Oldham
	Total	23	4	0	0	12
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1910–11	New South Wales	8	3	0	0	9
1912	Queensland	2	0	0	0	0
1910–11	Australia	4	0	0	0	0
1910	Australasia	2	0	0	0	0
Coaching information
Club
Years	Team	Gms	W	D	L	W%
1924	Newtown
Source: Whiticker

Andrew William "Bill" Farnsworth (14 January 1887 – 30 October 1966) was an Australian pioneer rugby league footballer of the 1910s whose club career was played in Sydney with Newtown. He represented at state level for both New South Wales and Queensland, and at the national level for Australia and Australasia. He is the brother of fellow New South Wales and Australian representative, and Newtown player Viv Farnsworth.

Farnsworth's rugby union career was played with the Newtown club and he was invited to join the new rebel code from the outset to play against Albert Baskiville's All Golds when they arrived in Sydney in 1907. Farnsworth stayed true to rugby union and remained an amateur till 1909.

In NSWRFL season 1910, he joined the rugby league ranks and commenced playing with the Newtown club. During the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, Bill Farnsworth and his brother, Viv, made their international debut against the British Lions. With Newtown farnsworth also won the premiership that year.

The following year the Farnsworth brothers were selected for the 'Australasian' Kangaroo tour of Britain in 1911–1912. They were the first set of brothers to play representative rugby league for Australia. Their brother Roy also played at Newtown.

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