Arthur G. Jenkins

Arthur George Jenkins (7 February 1887 – 19 May 1963) was a South Australian cricket Test match umpire.

Early life Jenkins was born at Woodville, South Australia on 7 February 1887.Birth Certificate No. 165 of 1887, Port Adelaide

He was the son of a butcher, William Jenkins, who died of tuberculosis in 1895, and Jemima "Mina" Patten. William came from Yealmpton, Devon, England, and arrived in Australia on 28 April 1858 on the Storm Cloud.The Ships List (1858) "Storm Cloud". Retrieved 19 April 2015. Mina was born at Port Noarlunga, South Australia, on 26 May 1861. Her parents had travelled to Australia from Armagh, Ireland, aboard the Admiral BoxerThe Ships List (1855) "Admiral Boxer". Retrieved 19 April 2015. on 21 August 1855.

Arthur Jenkins had a sister, Eleanor May (born 1883), and three brothers, Frederick Charles (1889–91), Stanley Robert (born 1893), and William Roy (born 1892). When the father died, the three surviving boys were farmed out to people who would take them.

He married Ethel Nellie Paget on 4 September 1912. They had four children, Ronald Arthur (1913-2003), Eileen Nellie (1914), Lorna Nellie (1916–98), and Joyce Gwenyth (1918-2010).

In his youth, Arthur Jenkins worked as an ironworker, but spent the last 33 years of his working life as a storeman.

Career As a boy, Jenkins was a mascot, drink waiter, boundary marker, and assistant scorer for Woodville Cricket Club.

He became an umpire in 1910 and was rewarded with the official fee of two shillings per afternoon. By 1933 he was lecturing junior umpires in the art of the role.

He umpired SACA matches well into his seventies, officiating in almost 800 games. Of those, some thirty were First Class matches,Cricket Archive Umpire in First Class Matches. Retrieved 18 April 2015. typically South Australia playing against Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria or Western Australia. Others included South Australia v. Marylebone Cricket Club (1928/29 and 1929/30),Cricket Archive South Australia v. Marylebone Cricket Club 1928/29. Retrieved 18 April 2015.Cricket Archive South Australia v. Marylebone Cricket Club 1929/30. Retrieved 18 April 2015. South Australia v. South Africans (1931),Cricket Archive South Australia v. South Africans (1931). Retrieved 18 April 2015. South Australia v. New Zealanders (1937),Cricket Archive South Australia v. New Zealanders (1937). Retrieved 18 April 2015. and Don Bradman's XI v. Vic Richardson's XI (1937).Cricket Archive DG Bradman's XI v. VY Richardson's XI (1937). Retrieved 18 April 2015.

Jenkins officiated at one Test match, the first between Australia and the West Indies, played at Adelaide from 12 December to 16 December 1930.Cricket Archive Australia v. West Indies The match was won by Australia by 10 wickets.Howstat 1930-1931 Australia v. West Indies - 1st TestCricinfo West Indies in Australia Test Series, 1930/31 Jenkins' colleague was George Hele.

Arthur G. Jenkins

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