Doug Richards-Jolley is a New Zealand

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player who represented

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Playing career

Richards-Jolley played for the Ponsonby club in the Auckland Rugby League competition and represented

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. In 1951 he was selected to play for

against the touring French. He was then selected to tour Great Britain in 1951-52, playing in one test match against the British Empire.Douglas RICHARDS-JOLLEY, Douglas (1951 - 52)
''nzleague.co.nz'' Richards-Jolley was part of Auckland sides that lost to the touring French in 1951 and Australia in 1953 and defeated the American All Stars in 1953 and Great Britain in 1954.Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009'', 2009. .

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