Career
He was a fullback, from the Paddington rugby juniors in the 1890s and was a first grade Rugby player for Eastern Suburbs in the 1900s before switching codes. Woodhill played for the Eastern Suburbs club in rugby league"s founding season of 1908. After retiring from his playing career, he became a rugby league referee.
He was also a veteran of the Boer War, serving with the North.S.W. Mounted Rifles between 1899-1902.