Charles Wells (13 April 1892 – 19 October 1929) was an

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player at the

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and the Fitzroy Football Club in the

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(VFL).

Family

The son of William Wells, and Caroline Wells, née Blake, Charles Wells was born in

Richmond, Victoria Richmond is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Yarra local government area. Richmond recorded a population of 28,587 at the 2021 census, with a medi ...

on 13 April 1892. He married Fanny Ellen Craven (1892–1971) in 1915. Their son, William Charles Richard "Billy" Wells (1916–1984) also played with Richmond.

Football

Richmond (VFL)

Wells made his debut for Richmond against in Round 1 of the

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, at the

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Fitzroy (VFL)

Cleared from Richmond to Fitzroy on 16 April 1913, he played 15 games, and kicked 6 goals, over two seasons (1913 and 1914), becoming a premiership player for Fitzroy in the 1913 VFL Grand Final, under the captaincy of

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(the coach was

Percy Parratt Percy Thomas Parratt (27 February 1887 – 1 May 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played 195 games for the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) from 1909 to 1923, kicking 202 goals. Football He started out ...

Northcote (VFA)

On 24 April 1915, Wells was cleared from Fitzroy to Northcote in the Victorian Football Association (VFA). He played in all of Northcote's thirteen matches in 1915. The 1915 VFA competition was shortened to only 13 matches due to World War I (the last home-and-away round was on 17 July 1915). There was no VFA competition at all in 1916 and 1917. A truncated competition was conducted in 1918, with only six teams involved (including Northcote) and only 10 home-and-away matches before the finals. Wells played in seven of those 1918 matches.

Death

He died at his home in

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on 19 October 1929.Deaths: Wells, ''The Age'', (Monday, 21 October 1929), p.1.
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Footnotes

References

* Hogan P, ''The Tigers of Old'', Richmond FC, (Melbourne), 1996.
The Richmond Football Team, ''The Leader'', (Saturday, 25 May 1912), p.31.

External links

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Charles "Chiner" Wells
at ''The VFA Project''. Richmond Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club Premiership players Northcote Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) 1892 births 1929 deaths One-time VFL/AFL Premiership players {{AFL-bio-1892-stub