William Jeanes

Last updated

William Henry Jeanes in 1921, at the presentation of guns to the City of Glenelg. 0c10-eea9-5471-94c1-a37b4541b51b.jpg
William Henry Jeanes in 1921, at the presentation of guns to the City of Glenelg.

William Henry Jeanes OBE (1883-1 September 1958) was an Australian cricket administrator who held the position of secretary for the Australian Board of Control from 1927 to 1954. He is the longest-serving secretary of the board and its successors, the Australian Cricket Board and Cricket Australia. [1]

Jeanes was born in Nottinghamshire, emigrating to Adelaide, Australia with his parents at the age of three. [2] He attended public schools before attending Whindham College and studying surveying at the School of Mines. He subsequently worked as a surveyor and Clerk for the City of Woodville until 1913, when he took a position as the Clerk of the Glenelg Corporation. [2] In this role he played a major role in the development of the Glenelg Waterfront. During the First World War he raised over 200,000 pounds for the war effort. Later in 1954 he would go on to compile a book "Glenelg : birthplace of South Australia" on behalf of the Glenelg council. [3] He resigned from this position in 1924 work for private business. [4]

In 1926, Jeanes was appointed as the Secretary of the South Australian Cricket Association. [5] The following year he also took on the role of secretary of the Australian Board of Control. At this time Frank Coffey called Jeanes "thorough in all that he does, approachable at all times, a splendid organiser and courtesy personified". [6] Notably, Jeanes served as the manager for the 1938 Australian tour of England, being the sole non-player on the tour. While on the tour he was awarded an Order of the British Empire for his services to cricket. [7] Although given the chance to manage the 1948 "Invincibles" tour, he declined. Gideon Haigh, an Australian cricket historian, remarked that Jeanes had become increasingly "officious and liverish", leading to his waning popularity among players. Suffering from Ill health, Jeanes retired as secretary of both the board of control and Cricket Association in 1954. [2] [8] Jeanes died on 1 September 1958. [9]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Municipal Tramways Trust</span> South Australian government transport operator 1906 to 1975

The Municipal Tramways Trust (MTT) was established by the Government of South Australia in December 1906 to purchase all of the horse-drawn tramways in Adelaide, South Australia. The Trust subsequently also ran petrol and diesel buses and electric trolleybuses. It ceased to exist on 8 December 1975, when its functions were transferred to the State Transport Authority, which also operated Adelaide's suburban train services.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trams in Adelaide</span> Overview of trams in Adelaide, South Australia

Until 1958, trams formed a network spanning most of Adelaide, with a history dating back to 1878. Adelaide ran horse trams from 1878 to 1914 and electric trams from 1909, but has primarily relied on buses for public transport since the mid-20th century. Electric trams, and later trolleybuses, were Adelaide's main method of public transport throughout the life of the electric tram network. The tram network was progressively closed down through the 1950s with the last lines closing in 1958; the Glenelg tram line was the only line to survive these closures and has remained in operation ever since and has been progressively upgraded and extended since 2005.

Michael Colin Turtur is a former track cyclist and Olympic gold medallist in the 4000m Team Pursuit at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, with team members Dean Woods, Kevin Nichols and Michael Grenda, coached by Charlie Walsh.

Thomas Caterer was a pioneer schoolteacher of Adelaide, South Australia who founded in 1862 a private school for boys which in 1866 became Norwood Grammar School.

Brian Keith Faehse was an Australian rules football player who played his league career with West Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) between 1944 and 1956. He was born in Cummins, South Australia. Fos Williams, who played alongside Faehse at West Adelaide, and against him with Port Adelaide, stated that "I've never met a better team mate or a more ferocious and determined opponent".

W. H. Burford and Sons was a soap and candle-making business founded in Adelaide in 1840 by William Henville Burford (1807–1895), an English butcher who arrived in the new colony in 1838. It was one of the earliest soapmakers in Australia, and up to the 1960s when it closed, the oldest. In 1878 he took his two sons Benjamin and William into partnership as W. H. Burford & Sons. Its expansion, accompanied by a number of takeovers, made it the dominant soap manufacturer in South Australia and Western Australia. Its founders were noted public figures in the young city of Adelaide.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roy Middleton</span>

Roy Foster Middleton was a former first-class cricketer and administrator, serving as chairman of the Australian Cricket Board of Control.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Brodie Spence</span> Australian politician

John Brodie Spence was a prominent Scottish-born banker and politician in the early days of South Australia. He was a brother of the reformer Catherine Helen Spence.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Maturin</span> Australian politician

William Henry Maturin, was a senior public servant in the early days of the colony of South Australia and had a further career in Great Britain.

Walter Lewis Bridgland was a prominent South Australian businessman and a Lord Mayor of Adelaide.

Karl Hugo Quist was an Australian sportsman who played interstate cricket for New South Wales, South Australia, and Western Australia, and later became a noted South Australian sporting coach and personality.

Henry Yorke Sparks was a pioneer businessman of South Australia, and a director of the South Australian Company,

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kooyonga Golf Club</span>

Kooyonga Golf Club is a private golf club in Australia, located in South Australia at Lockleys, a suburb west of Adelaide. Members entry is off May Terrace, Brooklyn Park.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parker Morton</span> Australian rules footballer, coach, and administrator

Parker Thomas "Bo" Morton was an Australian rules footballer, coach and administrator for the Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL).

Maxwell Robert Arthur "Max" Lamshed OBE, occasionally written as "M. R. Lamshed", was a South Australian journalist, historian and Red Cross official.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Harry Blinman</span> Australian cricketer and public servant

Harry Blinman MVO, ISO was an Australian cricket player, cricket administrator, and senior public servant in South Australia.

South Australian Literary Societies' Union (1883–1926) was a peak or advocacy organisation of literary societies in South Australia. It organised competitions between the member societies and established a "Union Parliament" to debate issues of the day.

Harry Dickson Gell SM FCPA was an accountant in South Australia.

South Australia (SA) has a unique position in Australia's history as, unlike the other states which were founded as colonies, South Australia began as a self governing province. Many were attracted to this and Adelaide and SA developed as an independent and free thinking state.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leslie Gooden</span> Australian cricketer

Norman Leslie Gooden was an Australian cricketer and missionary. He played in two first-class matches for South Australia between 1912 and 1914.

References

  1. ↑ "Organisation History". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "W. Jeanes Retires". Sunday Times (Perth). 12 December 1954. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Jeanes, W. H (1955), Glenelg : birthplace of South Australia / compiled by W.H. Jeanes, [City Council]
  4. ↑ "W. H. Jeanes". Sunday Times (Adelaide). 6 October 1923. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Mr W. H. Jeanes Appointed Secretary". Glenelg Guardian. 22 July 1926. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Giants of Sport". Sport (Adelaide S.A.). 14 January 1927. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "No. 34518". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 June 1938. pp. 3685–3709.
  8. ↑ "Mr. W. H. Jeanes Resigns SACA Secretaryship". The Advertiser (Adelaide (S.A.). Retrieved 21 October 2023.
  9. ↑ "Death of Mr W. J. Jeanes". Canberra Times. 2 September 1958. Retrieved 21 October 2023.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.