Charles Savory

Charlie Savory

Personal information
Full name	Charles Savory
Born	New Zealand
Died	8 May 1915 Gallipoli, Turkey
Playing information
Position	Prop
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Ponsonby United (ARL)
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
	Auckland
1911–1914	New Zealand	1	0	0	0	0
1911–1912	Australasia	0	0	0	0	0
Source: RLP

Charles Savory was a New Zealand international rugby league footballer and champion boxer who died in the First World War. An Australasian and New Zealand international representative forward, Savory was one of four Kiwis players selected to go on the 1911-12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.

Rugby union career

In an Auckland Rugby Union club match, while Savory was playing for Ponsonby, he was suspended for two years for kicking a player.^[1]

Rugby league career

Savory then joined the new Auckland Rugby League competition, playing for Ponsonby United. An Auckland representative, Savory was first selected for New Zealand in 1911 when they toured Australia, playing against New South Wales and Queensland.^[2] He was then one of four New Zealanders selected to go on the 1911-12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.^[3] In 1912 he was sent off during a match for Ponsonby United and was suspended for the rest of the season, missing the 1912 New Zealand tour.

In 1913 Savory was found guilty of kicking by the ARL judiciary and was suspended for life. Savory claimed it was a case of mistaken identity. This sparked a feud between the ARL and the New Zealand Rugby League as the NZRL heard the case and asked the ARL to reconsider, which they refused to do in June. The NZRL then quashed the conviction and Savory played for New Zealand while he was still suspended by the ARL. The incident resulted in the NZRL suspending the entire ARL board and on 15 January 1914 the NZRL approved an entirely "new" ARL board.^[1] Savory again toured Australia in 1913 and in 1914 played in a Test match against the touring Great Britain Lions.

Boxing career

In 1914 Savory won the National Amateur Heavyweight Boxing championship.^[1]

World War I

Savory enlisted with the outbreak of World War I and died of wounds at Gallipoli on 8 May 1915.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 9781869693664, p.p.44-46
2. ^ SAVORY, CHARLES 1911, 1913 - 14 - KIWI #61 nzleague.co.nz
3. ^ John Coffey, Bernie Wood (2008). 100 years: Māori rugby league, 1908-2008. Huia Publishers. p. 56. ISBN 1-86969-331-0, 9781869693312. http://books.google.com/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC&printsec=frontcover. 
4. ^ "ROLL OF HONOUR". dailytelegraph.com.au. http://media.dailytelegraph.com.au/multimedia/2011/04/roll_of_honour.pdf. Retrieved 25 April 2011. 

Persondata
Name	Savory, Charles
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth
Place of birth	New Zealand
Date of death	8 May 1915
Place of death	Gallipoli