An Australia national and New South Wales state representative forward, he played his club football in the Newcastle Rugby League for Cessnock and in the New South Wales Rugby League for Sydney's Western Suburbs.
Schofield initially played in the Newcastle Rugby League for the Cessnock club, appearing in their grand final victory of 1950.
While playing for Cessnock, he was selected to represent Newcastle when they hosted the 1951 French touring side and lost.
[2] Schofield returned to Cessnock, playing in each of their Newcastle Rugby League grand finals victories of 1954, 1955 and 1960.
His son Michael Schofield played rugby league for the Balmain Tigers and the Country New South Wales team.