Charlie Roland

Charlie Roland
Roland in 1905
Personal information
Full name Charles Henry Roland
Date of birth (1876-01-29)29 January 1876
Place of birth Corowa, New South Wales
Date of death 3 February 1938(1938-02-03) (aged 62)
Place of death Balmain, New South Wales
Original team(s) Border United, Excelsior
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Position(s) Wing
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1900–05, 1908 Carlton 100 (24)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1908.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Charles Henry Roland (29 January 1876 – 3 February 1938) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Victorian Football League (VFL).[1]

Family

One of the five children of Daniel Roland (1848-1937),[2] and Louisa Roland (1848-1936), née Williams,[3] Charles Henry Roland was born at Corowa, New South Wales on 29 January 1876.

He married Esther Richardson (1875-1944) on 21 October 1911.[4]

Football

Charlie "Tyke" Roland initially played for the Corowa-based Border Federal Junior Football Club in 1893,[5] before transferring to the Border United Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League between 1894 and 1898.[6]

Roland then played with the Excelsior Football Club in the Ovens and Murray Football League in 1899, then apparently moved across to Western Australia in early 1900,[7] before playing his first game with the Carlton Football Club in round one, 1900.

In 1902, Roland represented Victoria in a match against South Australia on the Adelaide Oval.[8] South Australia defeated Victoria.[9] He went onto represent Victoria on six occasions.

In 1903, the Carlton Football Club were featured in a team photo in Melbourne Punch, with Roland pictured in the back row.[10]

Roland played for the Kalgoorlie-based Goldfields Football League club Boulder City in 1906 and 1907 and was a member of their 1907 premiership team.[11]

He was later cleared back to Carlton Football Club in May 1908.[12] Roland played four more games for Carlton, bringing his VFL games tally to exactly 100. Unfortunately for Roland he missed out on Carlton's premierships in 1906, 1907 and 1908.

Roland finished off the 1908 season with Essendon's Victorian Football Association (VFA) team that lost the preliminary final to Brunswick Football Club.[13]

In 1910, Roland was playing for YMCA – Sydney.[14]

Death

Rowland died in 1938, when he was caught in machinery at a rubber factory in Sydney, where he worked.[15][16][17][18]

Notes

  1. ^ Holmesby & Main (2009), p.719.
  2. ^ Mr. Daniel Roland, The Corowa Free Press, (Tuesday, 18 May 1937), p.3.
  3. ^ Deaths: Roland, The Corowa Free Press, (Tuesday, 12 May 1936), p.2.
  4. ^ Funeral Notice: Roland, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Saturday, 4 March 1944), p.18.
  5. ^ "1893 - Border Federal FC side". The Corowa Free Press. 2 June 1893. p. 3 – via Trove Newspapers.
  6. ^ "1897 - Border United FC v Albury FC". The Corowa Free Press. 1 June 1897. p. 3 – via Trove Newspapers.
  7. ^ "1899 - Charlie Roland". Ovens and Murray Advertiser. 8 July 1899. p. 9 – via Trove Newspapers.
  8. ^ "1902 - South Australia v Victoria". The Argus. 19 June 1902. p. 8 – via Trove Newspapers.
  9. ^ "1902 - South Australia v Victoria match review / results". The Argus. 27 June 1902. p. 7 – via Trove Newspapers.
  10. ^ "1903 - Carlton FC - Team Photo". The Punch. 9 July 1903. p. 15 – via Trove Newspapers.
  11. ^ "1907 - Goldfields FL - Grand Final match review". Kalgoorlie Miner. 23 September 1907. p. 6.
  12. ^ "1908 - Roland cleared to Carlton FC". Kalgoorlie Miner. 26 May 1908. p. 8 – via Trove Newspapers.
  13. ^ "1908 - VFA Grand Final". The Coburg Leader. 29 August 1929. p. 3 – via Trove Newspapers.
  14. ^ "1910 - Sydney YMCA FC". The Sun Newspaper. Kalgoorlie, WA. 26 June 1910 – via Trove Newspapers.
  15. ^ "1938 - Death Notice". The Sydney Morning Herald. 5 February 1938. p. 10 – via Trove Newspapers.
  16. ^ "1938 - Charlie Roland - Dead". The Sporting Globe newspaper. 14 May 1938. p. 8 – via Trove Newspapers.
  17. ^ "1938 - Fatal Accident". The Corowa Free Press. 8 February 1938. p. 2 – via Trove Newspapers.
  18. ^ "1938 - Death in Machinery!". The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express. 11 February 1938. p. 12 – via Trove Newspapers.

References

  • Holmesby, Russell; Main, Jim (2009). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 (8th ed.). Seaford, Victoria: BAS Publishing. ISBN 978-1-921496-00-4.
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