John Pelly (cricketer)

John Noel Pelly CBE (15 June 1888 – 6 June 1945) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer.

John Pelly
Personal information
Full nameJohn Noel Pelly
Born15 June 1888
Ware, Hertfordshire, England
Died6 June 1945(1945-06-06) (aged 56)
Hove, Sussex, England
BattingUnknown
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 5
Batting average 2.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 5
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 December 2019

The son of Edmund Nevill Richard Pelly and Emma Mary Fowler, he was born in June 1888 at Ware, Hertfordshire.[1] He graduated from the Britannia Royal Naval College and in May 1908 he was a sub-lieutenant.[2] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in December 1910.[3] He served in the First World War and shortly after the conclusion of the war he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant commander in December 1918.[4] His next promotion, to commander, came in June 1925.[5] The following year he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's.[6] Batting twice in the match, Pelly was dismissed in the navy first-innings without scoring by Kenneth Mackessack, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 5 runs by Robert Melsome.[7]

Pelly was placed on the retired list at his own request in June 1934, at which point he was granted the rank of captain.[8] He came out of retirement during the Second World War and was placed in command of the HMS King Alfred shore establishment at Hove in 1939.[9] He was made a CBE in the 1942 Birthday Honours.[10] He continued to command HMS King Alfred throughout the war, before collapsing suddenly and dying at the establishment on 6 June 1945.[9]

References
  1. "Captain John Noel Pelly". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  2. "No. 28213". The London Gazette. 8 January 1909. p. 232.
  3. "No. 28452". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 January 1911. p. 5.
  4. "No. 31123". The London Gazette. 14 January 1919. p. 716.
  5. "No. 33063". The London Gazette. 3 July 1925. p. 4452.
  6. "First-Class Matches played by John Pelly". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  7. "Army v Royal Navy, 1926". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
  8. "No. 34065". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 June 1934. p. 4140.
  9. Shipbuilding and Shipping Record (65th ed.). 1945. p. 575.
  10. "No. 35586". The London Gazette. 5 June 1942. p. 2481.
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