Alf Chorley
| Personal information | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Chorley | |||||
| Born | 1873/74 England | |||||
| Playing information | ||||||
| Position | Fullback | |||||
| Club | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| Halifax | ||||||
| Swinton | ||||||
| Unknown (ARL) | ||||||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Representative | ||||||
| Years | Team | Pld | T | G | FG | P |
| 1908–1910 | Auckland | |||||
| 1910 | New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: RLP | ||||||
Alf Chorley[1] was an English-born rugby league player who represented New Zealand.
Playing career
Chorley played for Halifax and Swinton before moving to New Zealand.[2]
Chorley was involved with the early years of rugby league in Auckland, playing for Auckland in 1908 and competing for City in the first match sanctioned by the Auckland Rugby League in 1909.
Chorley played a Test match for New Zealand in 1910 against the touring Great Britain Lions. Aged 36 at the time, Chorley still holds the record as the oldest Kiwi.[3]
References
- ↑ CHORLEY, Alfred - 1910 nzleague.co.nz
- ↑ Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
- ↑ John Coffey and Bernie Wood, The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League, Hodder Moa, Auckland, 2007, p. 39.