"Bill Noble" (1884-1937) was a pioneer Australian international representative rugby league footballer. He played club football in the New South Wales Rugby Football League premiership's very first season with Newtown Jets/Newtown in 1908. In 1909 he was also selected to play for Australia, making his full international debut against New Zealand in 1910. He went on to play in the first ever test match against Great Britain on Australian soil during the 1910 Great Britain Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand, he also represented Australasia rugby league team/Australasia. Noble was also selected for the 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain, playing in two tests and 19 tour matches. He joined the Balmain Tigers as captain for his final season in 1913. Noble was awarded Life Membership of the New South Wales Rugby League in 1914.

Noble moved to Queensland after his playing days were over, and was the general manager of the Golden Casket lotteries, until his death in 1937. He was buried at South Brisbane Cemetery on 29 November 1937.

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Let's just say that we were all pretty tired by the end of the first day.

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He used his brain and his back all the time. Mike's a very smart gardener. He'd also invested the most planning in what to see and do at the end of the day. He led us to the best po' boy in the French Quarter.

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The property is wide open now. All of the magnolias succumbed, and countless smaller shrubs and perennials were washed away. The lawns were lost, too.

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You'd see roses blooming in the rose garden, but down two steps everything was gone. There was $1 million worth of damage, but it could have been much worse.

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