Charlie Hedley
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Charlie Hedley was a pioneer Australia
n rugby league
player. He was one of his country's first national representative players appearing in the inaugural professional series against New Zealand in 1907 and making the 1908-09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.
player before he joined the Glebe
rugby league club in its inaugural 1908 season. He had been one of the pioneers who was barred from the amateur code when selected in the inaugural New South Wales professional rugby side who met Albert Baskiville's rebel All Golds
when the arrived in Sydney in 1907 for a series played in rugby union rules.
Following his first season with Glebe in 1908 - the inaugural season for rugby league in Australia, he was selected to tour with the Kangaroos in the 1908-09. He played in seventeen matches of the tour including the third Test against England
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Upon his return he played two season with the Annandale club in Sydney.
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n rugby league
Rugby league
Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
player. He was one of his country's first national representative players appearing in the inaugural professional series against New Zealand in 1907 and making the 1908-09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.
Career
Davis had been a Glebe rugby unionRugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
player before he joined the Glebe
Glebe Dirty Reds
Glebe were an Australian rugby league foundation club who played in the New South Wales Rugby Football League's Sydney premiership, the major competition for the sport in Sydney, from 1908 until their exit at the end of 1929. They were formed on 9 January 1908, with some sources suggesting that...
rugby league club in its inaugural 1908 season. He had been one of the pioneers who was barred from the amateur code when selected in the inaugural New South Wales professional rugby side who met Albert Baskiville's rebel All Golds
All Golds
The All Golds could mean;*The touring party of New Zealand players in the 1907–1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Australia and Great Britain*The New Zealand national rugby league team itself*The 2007 All Golds Tour in celebration of the original tour...
when the arrived in Sydney in 1907 for a series played in rugby union rules.
Following his first season with Glebe in 1908 - the inaugural season for rugby league in Australia, he was selected to tour with the Kangaroos in the 1908-09. He played in seventeen matches of the tour including the third Test against England
Great Britain national rugby league team
The Great Britain national rugby league team represents the United Kingdom in rugby league football. Administered by the Rugby Football League , the team is nicknamed "The Lions" or "Great Britain Lions"....
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Upon his return he played two season with the Annandale club in Sydney.