Education
Nelson College.
Nelson College.
A legbreak spin-bowler, he took 45 wickets at 37.08, and contributed 98 runs in the lower order. Challies was both born and died in Nelson, where he was "something of a character". Educated at Nelson College from 1934 to 1943, he represented Nelson in the Hawke Cup between 1945-1946 and 1959-1960.
He played for Wellington in 1946-1947 and 1947-1948, then when the Central Districts side was formed he played for them from 1951-1952 to 1953-1954, before returning to Wellington in 1954-1955 and 1955-1956.
Foreign Central Districts he took 3 for 67 and 5 for 52 against Wellington in his only match of the 1952-1953 season. His best figures of 6 for 112 came in his second-last match, against Auckland, in 1955-1956.