Hedley had been a Glebe
rugby union player before he joined the
Glebe rugby league club in its inaugural 1908 season. He had been one of the pioneers who was barred from the amateur code when selected in the inaugural New South Wales professional rugby side who met
Albert Baskiville's rebel
All Golds when the arrived in Sydney in 1907 for a series played in rugby union rules. He was selected to play at in the
first ever trans-Tasman test, which was debut match of the
Australia national rugby league team. Following his first season with Glebe in 1908 – the inaugural season for rugby league in Australia, he was selected as part of the
Australia national rugby league team to go on the
1908–09 Kangaroo tour of Great Britain. He played in seventeen matches of the tour including the third Test against
England. Upon his return he played two season with the
Annandale club in Sydney. He was awarded Life Membership of the
New South Wales Rugby League in 1914. ==Death==