# Charlie Ellis

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For the boxer, see [Charley Ellis](/source/Charley_Ellis).

For the investment advisor, see [Charles D. Ellis](/source/Charles_D._Ellis).

**Charles L. Seymour Ellis** (18 January 1875 – 31 December 1943) was a [rugby union](/source/Rugby_union) player who represented [Australia](/source/Australia).

Ellis, a [lock](/source/Lock_(rugby_union)) and [flanker](/source/Flanker_(rugby_union)), was born in [Newcastle, New South Wales](/source/Newcastle,_New_South_Wales), and claimed a total of four international rugby caps for Australia. His debut game was against Great Britain, at Sydney on 24 June 1899, the inaugural rugby Test match played by an [Australian national representative](/source/Australia_national_rugby_union_team) side. His last Test was in Australia v Great Britain at Sydney, 12 August 1899.[2] Due to funding constraints he was one of only six [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales_Waratahs) players (with [Bob McCowan](/source/Bob_McCowan), [Hyram Marks](/source/Hyram_Marks), [Lonnie Spragg](/source/Lonnie_Spragg), [Peter Ward](/source/Peter_Ward_(rugby)) and [Robert Challoner](/source/Robert_Challoner)) selected to make the trip to Brisbane four weeks later for the second Test.[3] His performance in that match was noted as *excellent* by the press.[4]

## Published references

- Collection (1995) *Gordon Bray presents The Spirit of Rugby*, Harper Collins Publishers Sydney
- [Howell, Max](/source/Max_Howell_(educator)) (2005) *Born to Lead - Wallaby Test Captains*, Celebrity Books, Auckland NZ

## Footnotes

1. ["Scrum.com player profile of Charlie Ellis"](http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/1352.html). Scrum.com. Retrieved 12 July 2010.

1. ["Charlie Ellis | Rugby Union | Players an Officials"](http://www.espnscrum.com/australia/rugby/player/1352.html). ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 16 May 2018.

1. Howell p19

1. ["INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL."](http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article31369426). *Queanbeyan Age*. 26 July 1899. p. 2. Retrieved 8 August 2010.

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