Billy Clements
Introduction
Billy Clements was a professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1920s, and coached in the 1930s, playing at representative level for Yorkshire, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers (Heritage № 2), and Wakefield Trinity (Heritage № 339), as a Utility Forward, or prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums, and coaching at club level for Castleford.
Playing career
Billy Clements made his début for Featherstone Rovers as a Utility Forward on Saturday 27 August 1921, he made his début for Wakefield Trinity as a prop during January 1928, he appears to have scored no drop-goals (or field-goals as they are currently known in Australasia), but prior to the 1974–75 season all goals, whether; conversions, penalties, or drop-goals, scored 2-points, consequently prior to this date drop-goals were often not explicitly documented, therefore '0' drop-goals may indicate drop-goals not recorded, rather than no drop-goals scored. In addition, prior to the 1949–50 season, the archaic field-goal was also still a valid means of scoring points.
County honours
Billy Clements won caps for Yorkshire while at Featherstone Rovers; during the 1922–23 season against Lancashire, during the 1923–24 season against Cumberland, and during the 1925–26 season against Lancashire.