Melville Pengelly Explained

Melville Pengelly
Country:New Zealand
Fullname:Melville Francis Pengelly
Nickname:Pen
Birth Date:17 March 1901
Birth Place:Christchurch, New Zealand
Death Place:Wellington, New Zealand
Umpire:true
Testsumpired:4
Umptestdebutyr:1946
Umptestlastyr:1952
Date:14 July
Year:2013
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/38234.html Cricinfo

Melville Francis "Pen" Pengelly (17 March 1901  - 24 September 1973) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in four Test matches between 1946 and 1952.[1]

Pengelly attended Christ's College, Christchurch,[2] and played senior club cricket in Christchurch for St Albans.[3] [4] He took up umpiring in the 1930s and umpired 19 first-class matches between 1937 and 1955, most of them in Wellington.[5] He umpired the first two Test matches in New Zealand after the Second World War: in Wellington in March 1946 and in Christchurch in March 1947, as well as two other Tests in 1951 and 1952.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Melville Pengelly . 2013-07-14 . ESPNcricinfo.
  2. Annual Sports . The Sun . 15 October 1920 . 5 .
  3. The Averages . Press . 31 March 1930 . 13 .
  4. Short Runs and Byes . Star . 7 November 1930 . 9 .
  5. Web site: Pen Pengelly as Umpire in First-Class Matches . CricketArchive . 6 August 2021.