Charlie White (rugby union)

Charlie White
BornCharles John Bloomfield White[1]
(1874-03-09)9 March 1874[1]
Maitland, New South Wales[1]
Died15 October 1941(1941-10-15) (aged 67)[1]
Maitland, New South Wales[1]
Rugby union career
Position wing[1]
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
1899–1904[1] Australia 3[1] (0[1])

Charles John Bloomfield White (9 March 1874 – 15 October 1941) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.[2]

White, a wing, was born in Maitland, NSW and claimed three international rugby caps for Australia. In 1899 he was playing for Sydney's Wallaroo FC when he made his Test debut against the British Lions at Sydney on 24 June 1899, the inaugural rugby Test match played by an Australian national representative side (now Wallabies).[2]

White appeared in the inaugural Australian rugby union team, 1899

Published references

  • Collection (1995) Gordon Bray presents The Spirit of Rugby, Harper Collins Publishers Sydney
  • Howell, Max (2005) Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains, Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Scrum.com player profile of Charlie White". Scrum.com. Archived from the original on 29 January 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. 1 2 Fagan, Sean (24 March 2026). "REP. PLAYERS". WALLAROOFC1870.com. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
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