Alfred Roy Le Messurier (19 February 1886 – 5 October 1946) was an Australian rules footballer and businessman.
Family
The son of Alfred Le Messurier,[1][2] and Jane Sinclair Le Messurier, née Neill,[3] Alfred Roy Le Messurier was born at Semaphore, South Australia on 19 February 1886.[4]
He married Margaret Galway Saunders (-1970), at Semaphore, on 17 April 1912.[5]
At 16, Roy entered his father's shipping agency, A. & E. Le Messurier, where he specialized in importing timber from Tasmania for local furniture-makers and developed it into a significant enterprise.
Football
He played for Port Adelaide before the family moved to North Adelaide in 1908, and he qualified for the North Adelaide team under the electorate system. He played at North Adelaide from 1908–09 and 1910–13, playing 46 games and kicking 4 goals.
His younger brother, Frederick Neill Le Messurier (1891-1966), also played with North Adelaide from 1908–10 and 1913–14 (playing with the Adelaide University Football Club from 1911–12).
Le Messurier later re-joined Port Adelaide as a committeeman.
Western Australia 8.11 (59) defeated South Australia 8.5 (53), at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 22 August 1908 Victoria 10.15 (75) defeated South Australia 2.14 (26), at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 26 August 1908 South Australia 16.20 (116) defeated Tasmania 7.7 (49), at Melbourne Cricket Ground, 29 August 1908
