Ernie Bailes Explained

Ernie Bailes
Birth Date:	18 June 1888
Birth Place:	Sandhurst, Victoria
Death Place:	Heidelberg, Victoria
Originalteam:	Collingwood District
Height:	161 cm
Weight:	61 kg
Statsend:	1909
Years1:	1909
Games Goals1:	2 (0)

Ernest Albert Bailes (18 June 1888 – 16 March 1964) was an Australian rules footballer. He played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL);^[1] and, having been dropped by Collingwood, he transferred mid-season to the Brighton Football Club in the VFA,^{[2] [3]} where he played from 1909 to 1915.

Family

Born on 9 August, 1883, ^[4] the son of Alfred Shrapnell Bailes, who was the Mayor of Sandhurst, (1883-1884), and member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (1896-1894, 1897-1907), and the younger brother of ex-Fitzroy footballer Barclay "Tich" Bailes.

Military service

He enlisted in the First AIF in February 1916.^[5]

External links

• • Ernie Bailes's profile at Collingwood Forever

Notes and References

1. Book: Holmesby, Russell. The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers: every AFL/VFL player since 1897 . Main. Jim . 2014 . 10th . 978-1-921496-32-5 . BAS Publishing . Seaford, Victoria . 35.
2. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10684752 Football, The Argus, (Thursday, 10 June 1909), p.7.
3. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10708002Association Matches, The Argus, (Monday, 14 June 1909), p.5.
4. http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88550538 Births: Bailes, The Bendigo Advertiser, Tuesday, 19 June 1888), p.2.
5. https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=3044301&D=D World War I Service Record: Ernest Albert Bailes (4662).