Albert Jelley

Albert Edward Jelley (5 March 1894 – 16 May 1966) was a New Zealand cricket umpire from Dunedin.

Albert Jelley
Personal information
Full nameAlbert Edward Jelley
Born(1894-03-05)5 March 1894
Dunedin, New Zealand
Died16 May 1966(1966-05-16) (aged 72)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Umpiring information
Tests umpired1 (1956)
Source: Cricinfo, 7 July 2013

Jelley was born in Dunedin in 1894. He was a member of the Ancient Order of Druids and belonged to the Pride of Mornington Lodge, which was the Dunedin suburb where he lived.[1] In 1935, he was elected district president (D.P.).[2][3][4]

From 1939, Jelley was president of the Mornington Cricket Club.[5] He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. West Indies, in 1956.[6] His father Albert Edward Jelley Sr was also a senior cricket umpire around 1900, and his granddaughter Denise represented New Zealand.[7]

Jelley married Lily May Elizabeth McColl (1891–1975) on 19 December 1919 at First Church of Otago. They had five children;[8] their second son[9] is the athletics coach Arch Jelley (born 1922).[10]

Jelley died at Wakari Hospital[11] in Dunedin on 16 May 1966 and was buried at Andersons Bay Cemetery. His wife died in 1975.[12]

See also

References
  1. "Druidism". Otago Daily Times (21003). 16 April 1930. p. 5. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. "Druids confer". Evening Star (21977). 13 March 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. "Druidism". Otago Daily Times (22563). 6 May 1935. p. 20. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  4. "Druidism". Evening Star (22050). 8 June 1935. p. 27. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  5. "Cricket". Otago Daily Times (23914). 15 September 1939. p. 2. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  6. "Albert Jelley". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  7. "Albert Jelley". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  8. "Lily May Elizabeth McColl". Ancestry. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  9. "Personal". Evening Star (25145). 8 April 1944. p. 4. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  10. "Births". Otago Daily Times (18632). 14 August 1922. p. 4. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  11. "Albert Edward Jelley". Ancestry. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  12. "Cemeteries search". Dunedin City Council. Retrieved 31 December 2020.


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