Charles John Eady (1870 - 1945)

Born 29 Oct 1870 in Hobart, Tasmania.

Husband of Florence Isabel (Guesdon) Eady — married about Oct 1903 (to about Mar 1945) in Tasmania, Australia

Died 20 Dec 1945 at age 75 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

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Biography

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Charles John Eady was born in October 1870 in Hobart Tasmania. The son of George Eady a butcher, and his wife Jane Sarah (née Williams). ^[1]

Charles John Eady was an Australian sportsman, lawyer and politician. A former President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council and one time Test Cricketer and Australian Rules Footballer.

Charles Eady made his Test Cricket debut against England at Lord's from June 22 - 24, 1896. And his second and unfortunately his last also against England at Melbourne from February 28 - March 04, 1902. Becoming the only cricketer to play his only two Test matches, one in the 19th century and one in the 20th century.

Charles Eady although better known as a cricketer, was also one of the greatest ever Tasmanian footballers. According to Jack Worrall he was just “about as fine a defender as I have ever seen. He was a giant, and active, brilliant in the air, and was a lovely long kick”. He later became a widely respected administrator, serving two stints (totaling 25 years) as President of the Tasmanian Australian National Football League. ^[2]

On 23 October 1903 he married Florence Guesdon in Hobart. ^[3] She was the daughter of Mr. William Guesdon.

In 1890 Charles Eady became an articled clerk in the firm of Finlay and Watchorn, and was admitted to the Supreme Court of Tasmania five years later.

Charles Eady contested the seat of Hobart in the Tasmanian Legislative Council on a few occasions before winning it in the 1925 by-election. And he held it until his death serving as President of the Tasmanian Legislative Council from May 1944.

He passed away in December 1945 also at Hobart in Tasmania, Australia

He was cremated on 22 Dec 1945^[4] and a memorial placed at Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium Plot C of E, D90, in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia ^[5]He was survived by a daughter Mrs J. Broadbent, his wife having predeceased him only nine months earlier.

Charles John Eady was inducted into the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame in October 1987.

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Index
   Tasmania Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
   Index entry for Charles John Eady
   FATHER: George Eady
   MOTHER: Jane Williams
   PLACE OF BIRTH: Hobart Tasmania Australia
   DATE OF BIRTH: 29 Oct 1870
   REF No: 1452/1870
2. ↑ Neglected heroes: The sad case of the Australian Football Hall of Fame by ADAM CARDOSI in approximately 2017. and was published on Australian Football .com
3. ↑ Marriage Index
   Tasmania Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
   Index entry for Charles John Eady
   SPOUSE: Florence Isobel Guesdon
   MARRIAGE DATE: 22 Nov 1903
   MARRIAGE PLACE: St Georges Church, Hobart Tasmania Australia
   REF No: 247/1903
4. ↑ Cremation: "Australia, Tasmania, Miscellaneous Records, 1829-2001"
   citing Cremation, Tasmania, Australia, Tasmanian Archives and Heritage Office, Hobart
   FamilySearch Record: QKYT-HBF7 (accessed 12 August 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-L9JF-FKJ2 Image number 00984
   Name: Charles John Eady; Cremation Date: 22 Dec 1945; Cremation Place: Tasmania, Australia; Birth Date: 1870; Age: 75; Event Place Year Range: 1047-2001; Event Type2: Cremation.
5. ↑ Memorial: "Find a Grave"
   Find A Grave: Memorial #194203003
   Memorial page for Charles John Eady (29 Oct 1870-20 Dec 1945), citing Cornelian Bay Cemetery And Crematorium, Hobart, Hobart City, Tasmania, Australia.

• Barbara Valentine, Eady, Charles John (1870–1945), Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/eady-charles-john-6075/text10401, published first in hardcopy 1981, accessed online 30 May 2022.

• Charles Eady from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. first accessed online on the 30th of May, 2022 at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Eady

• Charles Eady Australia from the ESPNCRICINFO website. first accessed online on the 30th of May, 2022 at: https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/charles-eady-5115

• MR C. J. EADY, POLITICIAN AND SPORTSMAN, DIES AT 75 from The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) of Friday 21 December 1945, Page 4. first accessed on TROVE on the 30th of May, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26154409

• Charles Eady on Australian Football .com

• NOTABLE SOUTHERN TASMANIAN FOOTBALLERS OF OTHER DAYS: (By "OLD-TIMER.") No. 4.-CHARLES J. EADY. from Referee (Sydney, NSW : 1886 - 1939) of Wednesday 9 December 1914, Page 13. first accessed on TROVE on the 30th of May, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/120281435?

• Obituary Mr. Charles J. Eady from the Examiner (Launceston, Tas. : 1900 - 1954) of Friday 21 December 1945, Page 4. first accessed on TROVE on the 30th of May, 2022 at: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/91936253?

• PICTURE - A Promising Tasmanian Cricketer. Melbourne : David Syme & Co., March 1, 1895. from the State Library of Victoria. first accessed online on the 30th of May, 2022 at: https://viewer.slv.vic.gov.au/?entity=IE776104&mode=browse

• Charles John Eady from the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame as hosted on the Tasmanian Government's Active Tasmania website