Charles Stanley “Charlie” Wrench

HERITAGE No: 290

BIRTH: 6 February 1910

Lithgow, NSW

DEATH: 17 November 1983 Austinmer, NSW

DEATH: 17 November 1983

Austinmer, NSW

OCCUPATION: Accountant, 1932; Assurance Agent, 1933

RESIDENCE: Darcy Rd Wentworthville, NSW, 1933

GAME HISTORY

Wentworthville RL 1927
Blacktown RL A Grade 1928
Wests RL 3rd Grade 1929
Wests RL 2nd Grade 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933
Wests RL First Grade 1931, 1932, 1933
Wests RL General Committee 1933
Wests RL v Group Nine RL Challenge 1931, 1932
City RL Possibles v City RL Probables 1933
City RL Seconds v Country RL Seconds 1933
City RL Firsts v Country RL Firsts 1933
Grafton RL Player/Coach 1934, 1935, 1936
Group 2 & 3 RL v Group 1 RL 1936
Port Kembla RL Player/Coach 1937
Illawarra RL Representative Team Player/Coach 1937
Mt Kembla RL Player/Coach 1938
Mt Kembla RL (Illawarra) Delegate 1938
Southern NSW RL Manager 1938
Mt Kembla General Committee and Selector 1939
Goulburn District RL Referee 1939
Wollongong RL First Grade Referee 1940
Illawarra RL Referees Association 1941
Scarborough RL Coach 1944
Thirroul RL Coach 1945

Charlie

Charlie Wrench’s family was from the gold mining town of Sofala, near Bathurst NSW. He was born in the locality and his birth was registered at Lithgow NSW.

In 1910 Charlie’s mother died, leaving five children, with her widower husband, George, including the infant Charlie. George and his family eventually moved to Sydney and settled in the western Sydney suburb of Wentworthville.

Charlie Wrench was a Western Suburbs junior who played rugby league for the Wentworthville and Blacktown Clubs in the Western Districts junior rugby league competition.

The Wentworthville Rugby League Club, on its web site, acknowledges Charlie Wrench as a former member who achieved representative honors.