Alf Chorley

Alf Chorley[2] was an English-born rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.

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 1900 Swinton 1909 City Rovers 1 0 0 0 0 1909 Newton Rangers 1 1 0 0 3 1910–11 Ponsonby United 13 1 1 0 5 Total 15 2 1 0 8 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1909–1911 Auckland 7 1 0 0 3 1910 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1]

Playing career

Chorley played for Halifax (Heritage № 8), and Swinton before moving to New Zealand.[3]

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.[4]

References

1. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
2. CHORLEY, Alfred - 1910 Archived 2012-03-23 at the Wayback Machine nzleague.co.nz
3. Coffey, John and Bernie Wood Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909-2009, 2009. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4.
4. John Coffey and Bernie Wood, The Kiwis: 100 Years of International Rugby League, Hodder Moa, Auckland, 2007, p. 39.