Albert Edward Jelley (5 March 1894 – 16 May 1966) was a New Zealand

cricket umpire In cricket, an umpire (from the Old French meaning not a peer, i.e. not a member of one of the teams, impartial) is a person who has the authority to make decisions about events on the cricket field according to the ''Laws of Cricket''. Besides ...

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. Jelley was born in Dunedin in 1894. He was a member of the

Ancient Order of Druids The Ancient Order of Druids (AOD) is the oldest neo-druid order in the world. It was formed in London, England, in 1781. Its motto is ''Dieu, Notre Pays et Roy'' (old) and ''Justice, Philanthropy and Brotherly Love''. History 28 November 1781, ...

and belonged to the Pride of Mornington Lodge, which was the Dunedin suburb where he lived. In 1935, he was elected district president (D.P.). From 1939, Jelley was president of the Mornington Cricket Club. He stood in one Test match, New Zealand vs. West Indies, in 1956. His father Albert Edward Jelley Sr was also a senior cricket umpire around 1900, and his granddaughter Denise represented New Zealand. Jelley married Lily May Elizabeth McColl (1891–1975) on 19 December 1919 at First Church of Otago. They had five children; their second son is the athletics coach

Arch Jelley Albert Archibald Jelley (born 13 August 1922) is a New Zealand athletics coach who has coached leading New Zealand athletes including John Walker (runner), John Walker and Hamish Carson. He has been an athletics coach for over six decades and ...

(born 1922). Jelley died at Wakari Hospital in Dunedin on 16 May 1966 and was buried at

Andersons Bay Cemetery Andersons Bay Cemetery is a major cemetery in the New Zealand city of Dunedin. It is located to the southeast of the city centre, on a rocky outcrop which forms the inland part of Lawyers Head, a promontory which juts into the Pacific Ocean. ...

. His wife died in 1975.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jelley, Albert 1894 births 1966 deaths Sportspeople from Dunedin New Zealand Test cricket umpires Burials at Andersons Bay Cemetery Members of the Ancient Order of Druids

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