Charles Woolley (rugby league)
{{Short description|New Zealand rugby league player}}
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{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}
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|fullname = Charles Alexander Woolley
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|birth_date = 7 May 1893
|birth_place =Adelaide, Australia
|death_date= 1 November 1966
|death_place= Rotorua, New Zealand
|height = {{convert|163|cm|ftin|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|91|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
|club1 = City Rovers
|year1start = 1914
|year1end = 15
|appearances1 = 10
|tries1 = 2
|goals1 = 0
|fieldgoals1 = 0
|points1 = 6
|club2 = Grafton Athletic/Fire Brigade
|year2start = 1920
|year2end = 22
|appearances2 = 26
|tries2 = 5
|goals2 = 7
|fieldgoals2 = 0
|points2 = 29
|teamA = Auckland
|yearAstart = 1920
|yearAend = 22
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|triesA = 3
|goalsA = 0
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|pointsA = 9
|teamB = New Zealand
|yearBstart = 1920
|yearBend = 21
|appearancesB = 3
|triesB = 0
|goalsB = 0
|fieldgoalsB = 0
|pointsB = 0
|ru_club1 = Grammar Old Boys
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Charles Alexander Woolley is a New Zealand international rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.
Background
Woolley was born in Adelaide, South Australia.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=3601103|title=League: Webb easily able to put team before country|first=PETER|last=JESSUP|date=15 October 2004|publisher=|accessdate=20 November 2017|via=www.nzherald.co.nz}} 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.{{cite news
| title =Fire Brigade Social
| page =8
| work=New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18230
| date = 1922-10-25
| url =https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19221025.2.84
| accessdate = 2020-09-19}}
Playing career
File:New Zealand rugby league team on May 21, 1921.jpgFile:Auckland v Australian Universities, June 24, 1922.jpgHe 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.{{cite news
| title =WOOLLEY, Charles Alexander - WW1 23/962 - Army
| page =4
| work=Auckland Museum
| url =https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21247108
| accessdate = 2020-09-19}} After the war he joined the Grammar Old Boys rugby club in 1919 and then in 1920 returned to rugby league, playing for Grafton Athletic. That same season 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. He toured Australia with the Kiwis in 1921, but no test matches were played during the tour.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nklWo8vw-iIC&q=woolley&pg=PA57|title=100 Years: Māori Rugby League, 1908-2008|first1=John Oliver|last1=Coffey|first2=Bernie|last2=Wood|date=20 November 2017|publisher=Huia Publishers|accessdate=20 November 2017|page=51|isbn=9781869693312|via=Google Books}}
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Category:New Zealand rugby league players
Category:New Zealand national rugby league team players
Category:Auckland rugby league team players
Category:Australian emigrants to New Zealand
Category:North Island rugby league team players
Category:Grafton Athletic players