Alf Chorley

Alf Chorley

Personal information
Full name	Alfred Chorley
Born	14 June 1874 Kendal, Wakefield, England
Died	14 September 1960(1960-09-14) (aged 86) Auckland, New Zealand
Playing information
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	70 kg (11 st 0 lb)
Position	Fullback
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1895–98 Halifax 71 3 4 1 14 1899–04 Swinton 122 3 5 0 19 1909 Combined Town (AKL RL) 1 0 0 0 0 1909 City Rovers 1 0 0 0 0 1909 Newton Rangers 1 1 0 0 3 1910–12 Ponsonby United 11 1 1 0 5 Total 207 8 10 1 41 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1909–11 Auckland 6 1 0 0 3 1910 New Zealand 1 0 0 0 0
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Alf Chorley was an English-born rugby league footballer who represented New Zealand.

Playing career

Chorley played for Halifax, and Swinton before moving to New Zealand.

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 years and 46 days old at the time, Chorley still holds the record as the oldest Kiwi.

World War I and personal life

Alfred Chorley married Elizabeth Chorley in Wakefield, England, on 16 September 1897. At the time of his enlistment in the army in World War I, they were living at 72 Khyber Pass Road in Auckland. Chorley stated that his occupation was a "motorman" on his enlistment form. Chorley's war service commenced on 27 June 1916 and he was discharged on 21 January 1919, being judged 'over age to serve any longer'. By this point he would have been 44 and a half years old.