Charlie Wells


Charles Wells was an Australian rules football player at the Richmond Football Club and the Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League.

Family

The son of William Wells, and Caroline Wells, née Blake, Charles Wells was born in Richmond, Victoria on 13 April 1892.
He married Fanny Ellen Craven in 1915. Their son, William Charles Richard "Billy" Wells also played with Richmond.

Football

Richmond (VFL)

Wells made his debut for Richmond against in Round 1 of the 1912 VFL season, at the Junction Oval.

Fitzroy (VFL)

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

Northcote (VFA)

On 24 April 1915, Wells was cleared from Fitzroy to Northcote in the Victorian Football Association. 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. There was no VFA competition at all in 1916 and 1917. A truncated competition was conducted in 1918, with only six teams involved 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 Burnley, Victoria on 19 October 1929.

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