Charlie Lilley

Charlie Lilley
Personal information
Full name Charles Harold Lilley
Born (1892-07-03)3 July 1892
Armadale, Victoria
Died 16 June 1982(1982-06-16) (aged 89)
Heidelberg, Victoria
Original team Wangaratta/Elsternwick
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 74.4 kg (164 lb)
Position Centre/Defence
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1913–15, 1919–25 Melbourne 132 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charles Harold Lilley (3 July 1892 – 16 June 1982) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of Charles William Henry Lilley (1893-1918), and Mary Louisa Lilley (1866-1956), née Wright, Charles Harold Lilley was born at Armadale, Victoria on 3 July 1892.

Football

The Third Australian Divisional Team: 28 October 1916. Charlie Lilley is second from left, middle row.

In May 1919, an unidentified former Melbourne footballer, wrote to the football correspondent of The Argus as follows:

"In 1914 the Melbourne football team, after its junction with the University, was a fine team, and succeeded in reaching the semi-finals.
Out of this combination the following players enlisted and served at the front:—
C. Lilley (seriously wounded), J. Hassett, H. Tomkins (severely wounded), J. Evans (seriously wounded), W. Hendrie, R. L. Park, J. Doubleday (died), A. Best, C. Burge (killed), C. (viz., A.) Williamson (killed), J. Brake, R. Lowell, E. Parsons (seriously wounded), A. M. Pearce (killed), F. Lugton (killed), A. George, C. Armstrong, P. Rodriguez (killed), J. Cannole (viz., Connole), A. Fraser (seriously wounded), T. Collins.
These are all players of note, and in themselves would have formed a very fine side, but there is only one of them playing at the present time, viz., C. Lilley, who, as a matter of fact, takes the field under some disability owing to severe wounds which he received on service." — The Argus, 16 May 1919.

Military service

He served in the First AIF during World War One.

He played for the (winning) Third Australian Divisional team in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916. A news film was taken at the match.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Charlie Lilley - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 19 December 2014.[dead link]
  2. ↑ Holmesby & Main (2014), p.515.
  3. ↑ Births: Lilley, The Argus, (Wednesday, 21 October 1863), p.4.
  4. ↑ Deaths: Lilley, The Argus, (Saturday, 17 August 1918), p.11.
  5. ↑ Deaths: Lilley, The Argus, (Wednesday, 11 January 1956), p.13.
  6. ↑ Detail of Organised by Australian Olympic swimmer Lieutenant Frank Beaurepaire, etc., in the collection of the Australian War Memorial (Accession number: H16689).
  7. ↑ 'Old Boy', "Football: Notes and Comments", The Argus, (Friday, 16 May 1919), p.8. See, also: Armor Plated for Football, The Sporting Globe, (Saturday, 23 March 1940), p.8.
  8. ↑ "Charles Harold Lilley | Discovering Anzacs | National Archives of Australia and Archives NZ". 23 October 2013.
  9. ↑ The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube
  10. ↑ The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019) on YouTube

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