Les Charge
Australian rules footballer
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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).
Richmond, Victoria
Bondi, New South Wales
| Les Charge | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Leslie Barkly Charge | ||
| Born |
27 July 1891 Richmond, Victoria | ||
| Died |
30 March 1957 (aged 65) Bondi, New South Wales | ||
| Original team | 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) | |
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1915. | |||
| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Family
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.
Football
The Herald, 21 Sept. 1934.[5]
South Melbourne
A powerful tap-ruckman, Charge was recruited from the Leopold Football Club in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA)[broken anchor] 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.
- "By a popular vote taken by the proprietors of the football journal "The Follower", Les Charge, of South Melbourne, has been acclaimed the best all-round footballer in the League competition. Charge secured over 20,000 votes, and will be presented with a gold medal valued at £2 2/." — The (Emerald Hill) Record, 27 March 1915.[10]
North Shore (NSWAFA)
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]
Death
He died in New South Wales on 30 March 1957.[15]