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Charles Savory

New Zealand rugby union & international rugby league footballer, and boxer

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name	Charlie Savory
fullname	Charles Savory
image	Charles Savory.jpg
position
birth_date	23 March 1889
death_date
death_place	Ari Burnu, Gallipoli, Turkey
birth_place	New Zealand
first	RU
ru_club1	Ponsonby RFC
ru_year1start	1908
ru_year1end	10
ru_appearances1	21
ru_tries1	4
ru_goals1	0
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ru_points1	12
club1	Ponsonby United
year1start	1911
year1end	14
appearances1	21
tries1	17
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points1	77
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goalsA	11
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yearBstart	1911
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triesB	3
goalsB	0
fieldgoalsB	0
pointsB	9
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Charles Savory (23 March 1889 – 8 May 1915) was a New Zealand international rugby league footballer and champion boxer who died in the First World War. An Australasian and New Zealand international representative forward, Savory was one of four Kiwis players selected to go on the 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. Due to playing the same sports, he has been described as "the Sonny Bill Williams of his time."

Rugby union career

In an Auckland Rugby Union club match, while Savory was playing for Ponsonby, he was suspended for two years for kicking a player.

Rugby league career

Savory then joined the new Auckland Rugby League competition, playing for Ponsonby United. An Auckland representative, Savory was first selected for New Zealand in 1911 when they toured Australia, playing against New South Wales and Queensland. He was then one of four New Zealanders selected to go on the 1911–12 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain.{{cite book

In 1913 Savory was found guilty of kicking by the ARL judiciary and was suspended for life. Savory claimed it was a case of mistaken identity. This sparked a feud between the ARL and the New Zealand Rugby League as the NZRL heard the case and asked the ARL to reconsider, which they refused to do in June. The NZRL then quashed the conviction and Savory played for New Zealand while he was still suspended by the ARL. The incident resulted in the NZRL suspending the entire ARL board and on 15 January 1914 the NZRL approved an entirely "new" ARL board. Savory again toured Australia in 1913 and in 1914 played in a Test match against the touring Great Britain Lions.

Boxing career

In 1914 Savory won the National Amateur Heavyweight Boxing championship.

World War I

Savory enlisted with the outbreak of World War I. He died of wounds at Gallipoli on 8 May 1915 after landing at Ari Burnu with the Auckland Battalion.

The 2015 Anzac Test man of the match, Manu Vatuvei, was awarded the Charles Savory medal.

References

(31 December 2017). "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org.
(19 April 2015). "Charles Savory — the brilliant sportsman who lived colourfully then died suddenly in Gallipoli". THE SUNDAY TELEGRAPH.
Coffey, John and Bernie Wood ''Auckland, 100 years of rugby league, 1909–2009'', 2009. {{ISBN. 978-1-86969-366-4, p.p.44-46
link. (23 April 2012 ''nzleague.co.nz'')
"ROLL OF HONOUR". dailytelegraph.com.au.
Middleton, David. (24 April 2010). "Footy stars taken on battlefield". [[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney).
(3 May 2015). "Kiwis stun Kangaroos in Brisbane". nrl.com.
(29 April 2015). "ANZAC Test representatives to play for the Charles Savory Medal". nrl.com.

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