| Albert Jelley | |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Fullname: | Albert Edward Jelley |
| Birth Date: | 5 March 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Death Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
| Family: | Arch Jelley (son) |
| Umpire: | true |
| Testsumpired: | 1 |
| Umptestdebutyr: | 1956 |
| Date: | 7 July 2013 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37526.html Cricinfo |
Albert Edward Jelley (5 March 1894 – 16 May 1966) was a New Zealand cricket umpire from Dunedin.
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]