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Full name | Charles Alexander Woolley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Adelaide, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Alexander Woolley is a New Zealand international rugby league player who represented his country.
Woolley was born in Adelaide, South Australia.
He played for the City club in the Auckland Rugby League and represented Auckland against the 1914 Great Britain Lions.
In 1920, after World War I, Woolley was a part of the Auckland side that defeated the 1920 Great Britain Lions, 24–16 on 24 July and becoming the first New Zealand team to defeat Great Britain on New Zealand soil. He then represented New Zealand, playing in all three test matches against the Lions. He toured Australia with the Kiwis in 1921, but no test matches were played during the tour.