James Jolly (16 June 1872 – 24 December 1947) was an Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL).Holmesby & Main (2014), p. 454.
Family The son of Zacharias Jolly (1839-1899),Deaths: Jolly, The Argus, (Tuesday, 30 May 1899), p. 1. and Jane Jolly (1843-1876), née Thomas, James Jolly was born at Clunes, Victoria on 16 June 1872.Births Deaths and Marriages Victoria Births Registration no.14968/1872.
He married Ethel Sarah Barrett (1875-1949) on 2 May 1906.Weddings, (Melbourne) Punch, (Thursday, 17 May 1906), p. 725.Deaths: Jolly, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Wednesday, 8 June 1949), p. 6. They had one child, a daughter Estelle (b.1918).
Football He played in seven games for South Melbourne in 1898: the first, against Geelong, at the Corio Oval on 24 May 1898, and the last against Essendon, at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, on 9 July 1898.
In its review of the 1898 VFL season, the Australasian noted that South Melbourne's Jolly, who "was as fast and clever in the centre as any man he met", "had to leave Melbourne about the middle of the season".Football: Past Season, The Australasian, (Saturday, 1 October 1898), p. 751.
Death He died at Heidelberg, Victoria on 24 December 1947.Deaths: Jolly, The Age, (Friday, 26 December 19470, p. 6.
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References
Pennings, Mark (2016), Origins of Australian Football: Victoria's early History: Volume 4: Tough Times: Victorian Football loses its Way, 1891 to 1896, Brunswick, Victoria: Grumpy Monks Publishing.
External links
Jim Jolly, at The VFA Project.