Charlie Lilley

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

Charles Harold Lilley (3 July 1892 – 16 June 1982)[1] was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[2]

Football

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.[3]

He served in the First AIF during World War One.[4]

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.[5][6]

"Charlie Lilley - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2014). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (10th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. p. 515. ISBN 978-1-921496-32-5.
'Old Boy', "Football: Notes and Comments", The Argus, (Friday, 16 May 1919), p.8.
"Charles Harold Lilley | Discovering Anzacs | National Archives of Australia and Archives NZ". 23 October 2013.
The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube
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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