Charlie Lilley

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]

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 career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1913–15, 1919–25	Melbourne	132 (5)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1925.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Military service

He served in the First AIF during World War One.[3]

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.[4][5]

See also

• "Pioneer Exhibition Game" in London (1916)

Notes

1. "Charlie Lilley - Player Bio". Australian Football. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
2. 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.
3. https://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/333858
4. The original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916) on YouTube
5. The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019) on YouTube

References

• Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm, Wightman & Co., (London), 1919.

External links

• Charlie Lilley's playing statistics from AFL Tables