Norman Jolly

Norman Jolly
Personal information
Full name	Norman William Jolly
Date of birth	(1882-08-05)5 August 1882
Place of birth	Mintaro, South Australia
Date of death	18 May 1954(1954-05-18) (aged 71)
Place of death	Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s)	Prince Alfred College
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1899–1900	Norwood	14 (0)
1901–1902	Sturt	24 (25)
Representative team honours
Years	Team	Games (Goals)
1900–1902	South Australia	4
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1902.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Jolly in 1924
Cricket information
Role	Wicket-keeper
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 1 Runs scored 9 Batting average 9.00 100s/50s 0/0 Top score 8 Catches/stumpings 3/0
Source: Cricinfo, 29 August 2020

Norman William Jolly (5 August 1882 – 18 May 1954) was a first-class cricketer and forester. He was South Australia's first Rhodes Scholar.

Early life

Norman William Jolly was born on 5 August 1882 in Mintaro, South Australia, the son of storekeeper Henry Dickson Jolly and Annie (née Lathlean). He attended Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc).

In 1904, Jolly was the first South Australian to be chosen for a Rhodes Scholarship, attending Balliol College, Oxford. After graduating B.A. from Oxford with a first in natural science in 1907, Jolly studied under (Sir) William Schlich, and briefly in Europe, to obtain the Oxford diploma of forestry.

Sport

Jolly was also a leading sporting figure in Adelaide. He played in the South Australian Grade Cricket League, rowed in the Adelaide university eight and played for the Norwood Football Club and Sturt Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), representing South Australia three times. While living in England in 1907, Jolly played one first-class cricket match, for Worcestershire against Oxford University. Batting at number 11, he scored eight and one not out, and from behind the stumps he picked up three catches, the first being that of Oxford captain Egerton Wright.

Forestry

Jolly joined the Indian Forest Service in Burma in 1907 but returned to Australia in 1909 to teach at Geelong Church of England Grammar School. In July 1910 he was appointed inaugural headmaster of Perth Modern School in Western Australia, but resigned in September to take up a position of instructor in forestry for the South Australian Department of Woods and Forests, where he founded the first course in Australia in higher forestry training. From 1911 to 1918, he was Director of Forestry in Queensland, and then became Commissioner of Forests in New South Wales. In 1925 he became the first Professor in Forestry at Adelaide University.

Later life

Jolly retired in 1933 as his health was impaired. He died on 18 May 1954 aged 71 in Adelaide.

Legacy

In 1957, a memorial grove of trees (Eucalyptus microcorys) and a cairn were established on Moonpar Forest Drive, Nymboi Binderay National Park, Dorrigo, New South Wales, commemorating Jolly's contributions to teaching and practice of forestry.

The Norman Jolly Medal was founded by the Institute of Foresters of Australia (IFA) after Jolly's death and is the highest and most prestigious honour for outstanding service or contribution to forestry in Australia.

Further reading

• Jones, David (1 January 2001), Norman William Jolly (1882–1954): forestry scientist, Historical Society of South Australia, retrieved 13 November 2016

External links

• Norman Jolly at ESPNcricinfo
• N. B. Lewis, 'Jolly, Norman William (1882–1954)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 9, Melbourne University Press, 1983, p. 504.
• Australian Forestry School
• Commonwealth–state relations