Les Charge

Leslie Barkly Charge was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League.

Family

The son of Henry Barkly Charge, and Alice Mary Ann Charge, née Kendall, Leslie Barkly Charge was born at Richmond, Victoria on 27 July 1891.
He married Nellie May Bethune, at Echuca, Victoria on 26 September 1917. They had three daughters.

Football

South Melbourne

A powerful tap-ruckman, Charge was recruited from the Leopold Football Club in the Victorian [Amateur Football Association#Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA)|Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA)] in 1910, at the suggestion of the former South Melbourne champion, Harry Lampe.
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. He was first ruck in South Melbourne's 1912 VFL Grand Final loss to Essendon and its 1914 VFL Grand Final loss to Carlton.

North Shore (NSWAFA)

Along with Des Baird, Tom Fitzmaurice, Billy Friend, Bryan Rush, Gerald Ryan, and Paddy Shea, he played for the North Shore [Australian Football Club] the NSW Australian Football Association. He played for three seasons, and was a member of North Shore's 1921 premiership side. On 9 July 1921, at the Erskineville Oval, he also played for a combined Sydney team against a combined Newcastle Football League team.

Death

He died in New South Wales on 30 March 1957.