Charles Ernest Teather (24 January 1889 – 26 July 1948) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby. & Main (2014), p. 873.
Family The son of Benjamin Joseph Teather (1842–1929),Deaths: Teather, The Argus, (Saturday, 11 May 1929), p. 13. and Jessie Agnes Teather (1855-1930), née Horne,Marriages: Teather—Horne, The Geelong Advertiser, (Wednesday, 3 April 1872), p. 2.Deaths: Teather, The Age, (Thursday, 20 November 1930), p. 1. Charles Ernest Teather was born in Geelong, Victoria on 24 January 1889.
He married Elsie May Barnott (1888-1966), later Mrs. Herbert Whiter, on 15 August 1914.Marriages: Teather—Barnott, The Age, (Saturday, 19 September 1914), p.5. They had one child: Jack Barnott Teather (1917-2010).Births: Teather, The Argus, (Saturday, 11 August 1917), p. 13.
Football Many of the contemporaneous newspaper sporting reports have his family name as "Tether".
Essendon (VFL) He played in 20 senior games for the Essendon Football Club in the VFL over three seasons (1906, 1907, and 1910). He made his debut for Essendon, against South Melbourne, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 5 May 1906,'Rover', "Opening of the Season: South Melbourne defeat Essendon", The (Emerald Hill) Record, (Saturday, 12 May 1906), p. 3. and played his last match against South Melbourne, at the Lake Oval, on 21 May 1910.The League: South Melb v. Essendon: Essendon Wins, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Saturday, 21 May 1910), p. 6.
Essendon (VFA) In June 1907 he played in two games with the Essendon Association Football Club in the VFA.The VFA Project.'Right Wing', "Association Matches: Essendon v. Brunswick", The Essendon Gazette and Keilor, Bulla and Broadmeadows Reporter, (Thursday, 20 June 1907), p. 6.The Association: W'mstown v. Essendon, (Saturday, 22 June 1907), p. 6.
Death He died at his residence in St Kilda, Victoria on 26 July 1948.Deaths: Teather, The Age, (Wednesday, 28 July 1948), p.2.
Notes
References
Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. : Note that Maplestone (pp. 407, 449, 450, and 453) consistently has his family name as "Tether".
External links
"Teather, H _EssA07", at The VFA Project.