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Bill Hemingway

Rugby player (1908-1981)

Wilfrid Hubert Hemingway (22 September 1908, 12 April 1981) was an Australian rugby union international.

Hemingway, born in Auckland, immigrated to Australia as a young child and attended Sydney Grammar School.

A speedy winger, Hemingway attained five Test caps between 1928 and 1932, making his debut aged 19.

Hemingway, a solicitor by profession, played first-grade rugby for Sydney University while studying for his law degree and later joined Northern Suburbs, for which he set a club record 101 points in the 1932 season.

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