Melville Pengelly

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]

Melville Pengelly
Personal information
Full name
Melville Francis Pengelly
Born(1901-03-17)17 March 1901
Christchurch, New Zealand
Died24 September 1973(1973-09-24) (aged 72)
Wellington, New Zealand
NicknamePen
Umpiring information
Tests umpired4 (1946–1952)
Source: Cricinfo, 14 July 2013

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]

See also

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