Ernie Hills
Personal information
Full nameErnest Fraser Hills[1]
Born(1930-03-03)3 March 1930[1]
Ōtāhuhu, Auckland, NZ[2]
Died7 October 2020(2020-10-07) (aged 90)
Playing information
Rugby union
Positionwing[2]
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1950[2] Australia 2[2] 0[2]
Rugby league
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1956–57 Western Suburbs 29 19 0 0 57

Ernest Fraser "Ernie" Hills (3 March 1930 – 7 October 2020)[1] was a rugby union, and latterly rugby league, player who represented Australia.

Career

Hills, a wing, was born in Auckland, NZ and claimed a total of 2 international rugby caps for Australia in 1950. He was a junior national sprint champion in New Zealand and represented Victoria at state level.[3] He was considered a shock selection for the national team, with the team captain and coach Trevor Allan not knowing him before he was selected in the team.[4]

In 1951 he returned to New Zealand and enlisted to serve in the Dominion Force in the Korean War.[5]

Later in the 1950s he played rugby league in Australia for Western Suburbs.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ernest Fraser Hills". www.classicwallabies.com.au. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "ESPN Player Profile of Ernie Hills". en.espn.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "State's winger in R.U. Test". The Argus. Melbourne. 14 August 1950. p. 11. Retrieved 18 September 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ Shocks in side for first Test; The Sunday Herald Sporting Section (13 August 1950); p9
  5. ↑ "Wallaby enlists for Korea". The Argus. Melbourne. 16 May 1951. p. 13. Retrieved 18 September 2011 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ↑ "The Ernie "Nigger" Hills Story". Pratten Park Magpies. Retrieved 23 October 2018.


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