Charles Woolley
Personal information
Full nameCharles Alexander Woolley
Born7 May 1893
Adelaide, Australia
Died1 November 1966
Rotorua, New Zealand
Playing information
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight91 kg (14 st 5 lb)
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1914 City Rovers 9 2 0 0 6
1920–22 Grafton Athletic/Fire Brigade 20 4 6 0 24
Total 29 6 6 0 30
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1920–22 Auckland 9 3 0 0 9
1920–21 New Zealand 3 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Charles Alexander Woolley is a New Zealand international rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.[1]

Background

Woolley was born in Adelaide, South Australia.[2] He worked for the Fire Brigade in Auckland and in 1922 was awarded service bars for 15 years service at the City Fire Brigade's annual social.[3]

Playing career

Woolley 2nd from the left in the 'New Zealand' team to play Auckland on May 21, 1921.
Woolley second from the left in the Auckland team to play the 2nd match against the Australian Universities side at the Auckland Domain on June 24, 1922.

He played for the Grafton Athletic club in the Auckland Rugby League competition and represented Auckland against the 1914 Great Britain Lions.

Woolley fought in World War 1 with his period of service totaling 4 years and 6 days, including 3 years and 209 days overseas. He spent 1915–16 in Egypt, and 1916–18 in Western Europe. Woolley was promoted to sergeant on June 16, 1918. He was awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.[4]

In 1920, after World War I, Woolley was a part of the Auckland side that defeated the 1920 Great Britain Lions, 24–16 on 24 July and becoming the first New Zealand team to defeat Great Britain on New Zealand soil. He then represented New Zealand, playing in all three test matches against the Lions.[1] He toured Australia with the Kiwis in 1921, but no test matches were played during the tour.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ↑ JESSUP, PETER (15 October 2004). "League: Webb easily able to put team before country". Retrieved 20 November 2017 – via www.nzherald.co.nz.
  3. ↑ "Fire Brigade Social". New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18230. 25 October 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "WOOLLEY, Charles Alexander - WW1 23/962 - Army". Auckland Museum. p. 4. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  5. ↑ Coffey, John Oliver; Wood, Bernie (20 November 2017). 100 Years: Māori Rugby League, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 51. ISBN 9781869693312. Retrieved 20 November 2017 – via Google Books.
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