Bill Jukes
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Personal information
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| Full name | William Jukes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Bill, Billy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | circa-1883 Featherstone |
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Playing information
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| Height | 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 12 st 10 lb (81 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Prop, Hooker, Second-row | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Source: rugbyleagueproject.org englandrl.co.uk | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
William "Bill"/"Billy" Jukes (circa-1883 — death unknown) born in Featherstone, was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s, and 1910s, playing at representative level for Great Britain England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers (were a "junior" club at the time, so no Heritage № is allocated), and Hunslet (281 official matches, plus 26 wartime matches), as a Prop, Hooker, or Second-row, i.e. number 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12 during the era of contested scrums.
Bill Jukes won a number of caps for England while at Hunslet. In 1908 he won against Wales, in 1909 against Australia (3 matches), and Wales, in 1910 against Wales (2 matches), in 1911 against Australia (2 matches), and won caps for Great Britain while at Hunslet in 1908-09 against Australia (3 matches), and on the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand against Australia (2 matches), Australasia (2 matches), and New Zealand.
Harry Wilson played Right-Prop, i.e. number 10, in Hunslet's 14-0 victory over Hull F.C. in the 1908 Challenge Cup Final during the 1907–08 season at Fartown Ground, Huddersfield on Saturday 25 April 1908, in front of a crowd of 18,000.
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