Bill Paten

Walter Arnet Paten (2 September 1896 – 20 June 1991)

Paten represented Queensland from 1918 to 1928. He was in the first Queensland team to register a win over New South Wales and helped them to eight consecutive victories over their rival state in the early 1920s.

The third Ipswich product to play for Australia, Paten made his international debut in 1919 against New Zealand in Christchurch. His second and final cap came much later, in 1924 against Great Britain at the Brisbane Exhibition Ground, with his try helping secure a 21–11 win.

Paten was later a coach and judiciary member in Mackay and has the Mackay & District Rugby League award for the best and fairest player named after him, to recognise a 50–year contribution to rugby league in the city.