Joseph Meadows was a New Zealand rugby league player. He played 2 matches for New Zealand in 1921 become Kiwi number 149.

Playing career

Joseph Meadows played rugby league in

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prior to moving to

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. In 1920 he was representing the Athletic club in the Wellington club competition and during the year he also made the Wellington B team for a match against Watersiders. In

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

he moved to Auckland and began playing for the Ponsonby United club where he was to play for 2 seasons. In that same year he made the

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team to tour

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. His first game for New Zealand was against the

side prior to the departure for Australia. New Zealand won the match by 22 points to 16 with Meadows playing in the forwards. During the tour of Australia 8 matches were played in total however Meadows only played in one of them. This was the match with Toowoomba on June 22 at Athletic Oval in

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. Meadows played at hooker in a 30–18 loss to the local side. After returning from the tour he played for Auckland against King Country. Auckland won the match by 58 points to 25. This was to be his only appearance in an Auckland jersey. He again turned out for Ponsonby in the 1922 season. Meadows scored his one and only try for Ponsonby in a round 2 win over Athletic where they won by 23 points to 5. Meadows was last mentioned in a Ponsonby team in a round 11 match in July. Following the 1922 season it is unclear if he continued to play rugby league.

References

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