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Leslie Barkly Charge (27 July 1891 – 30 March 1957) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).
Les Charge | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Leslie Barkly Charge | ||
Date of birth | 27 July 1891 | ||
Place of birth | Richmond, Victoria | ||
Date of death | 30 March 1957 65) | (aged||
Place of death | Bondi, New South Wales | ||
Original team(s) | Leopold | ||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 83 kg (183 lb) | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
1910–1915 | South Melbourne | 65 (50) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
The son of Henry Barkly Charge (1866–1912),[1] and Alice Mary Ann Charge (1864–1920), née Kendall,[2] Leslie Barkly Charge was born at Richmond, Victoria on 27 July 1891.[3]
He married Nellie May Bethune (1889–1976), at Echuca, Victoria on 26 September 1917.[4] They had three daughters.
A powerful tap-ruckman, Charge was recruited from the Leopold Football Club in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) in 1910,[6][7] at the suggestion of the former South Melbourne champion, Harry Lampe.[8]
Charge took a while to establish a place in the senior team; however, he eventually became a regular fixture, playing 56 of his 65 senior matches from 1912 to 1914.[9] He was first ruck in South Melbourne's 1912 VFL Grand Final loss to Essendon and its 1914 VFL Grand Final loss to Carlton.
Along with Des Baird (ex-South Melbourne, ex-St Kilda), Tom Fitzmaurice (ex-Essendon), Billy Friend (ex-Wesley College),[11] Bryan Rush (ex-Collingwood), Gerald Ryan (ex-South Melbourne), and Paddy Shea (ex-Essendon), he played for the North Shore Australian Football Club the NSW Australian Football Association.[12] He played for three seasons (1921 to 1923), and was a member of North Shore's 1921 premiership side.[13][14] On 9 July 1921, at the Erskineville Oval, he also played for a combined Sydney team against a combined Newcastle Football League team.[13]
He died in New South Wales on 30 March 1957.[15]
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