Charlie Hedley

Charlie Hedley

Personal information
Full name	Charles Hedley
Born	1881 [1]
Died	1942 [2]
Playing information
Club
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1908–1908	Glebe	5	0	0		0
1910–1911	Annandale	23	0	19		38
	Total	28	0	19	0	38
Representative
Years	Team	Pld	T	G	FG	P
1908–1908	New South Wales	1	0	0		0
1908–1909	Australia	3	0	0		0

Charlie Hedley (1881–1942) was a pioneer Australian rugby league player. He was one of his country's first national representative players appearing in the inaugural professional series against New Zealand in 1907 and making the 1908-09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.

Career

Davis had been a Glebe rugby union player before he joined the Glebe rugby league club in its inaugural 1908 season. He had been one of the pioneers who was barred from the amateur code when selected in the inaugural New South Wales professional rugby side who met Albert Baskiville's rebel All Golds when the arrived in Sydney in 1907 for a series played in rugby union rules.

Following his first season with Glebe in 1908 - the inaugural season for rugby league in Australia, he was selected to tour with the Kangaroos in the 1908-09. He played in seventeen matches of the tour including the third Test against England.

Upon his return he played two season with the Annandale club in Sydney.

Hedley (seated, 2nd from left) Pioneer Kangaroos 1908-09

References

Bibliography

• Whiticker, Alan & Hudson, Glen (2006) The Encyclopedia of Rugby League Players, Gavin Allen Publishing, Sydney

Footnotes

1. ^ Whiticker, Hudson p231
2. ^ Whiticker, Hudson p231