After graduating from Oxford, he served in the Colonial Service in British West Africa. In the Second World War he was an emergency commission as a second lieutenant in the African Colonial Force in the first month of the war.[5] Jelf resumed his duties in the Colonial Service after the war, holding a number of positions within the Nigerian colonial government, eventually rising to become the permanent secretary to the ministry of education from 1959–64.[2] He was made a CBE in the 1962 New Year Honours.[6] Jelf died in England at St Leonards-on-Sea in December 1997.
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^"Gordon Jelf". www.oxfordhistory.org.uk. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^ abDebrett, John (1973). Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage. Kelly's Directories. p. 2747.
^"First-Class Matches played by Hector Jelf". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
^"First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Hector Jelf". CricketArchive. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
hector, jelf, hector, gordon, jelf, 1917, december, 1997, english, first, class, cricketer, british, colonial, official, africa, personal, informationfull, namehector, gordon, jelfborn6, 1917putney, surrey, englanddied11, december, 1997, 1997, aged, leonards, . Hector Gordon Jelf CBE 6 May 1917 11 December 1997 was an English first class cricketer and British colonial official in Africa Hector JelfPersonal informationFull nameHector Gordon JelfBorn6 May 1917Putney Surrey EnglandDied11 December 1997 1997 12 11 aged 80 St Leonards on Sea Sussex EnglandBattingRight handedRoleWicket keeperDomestic team informationYearsTeam1938Oxford UniversityCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 2Runs scored 48Batting average 16 00100s 50s Top score 35Catches stumpings 5 1Source Cricinfo 16 May 2020 The son of Sir Arthur Selbourne Jelf 1 he was born at Putney in May 1917 He was educated at Marlborough College before going up to Exeter College Oxford 2 While studying at Oxford he played first class cricket for Oxford University in 1938 making two appearances against Yorkshire and a combined Minor Counties team 3 Playing as a wicket keeper he scored 48 runs took five catches and made a single stumping 4 After graduating from Oxford he served in the Colonial Service in British West Africa In the Second World War he was an emergency commission as a second lieutenant in the African Colonial Force in the first month of the war 5 Jelf resumed his duties in the Colonial Service after the war holding a number of positions within the Nigerian colonial government eventually rising to become the permanent secretary to the ministry of education from 1959 64 2 He was made a CBE in the 1962 New Year Honours 6 Jelf died in England at St Leonards on Sea in December 1997 References edit Gordon Jelf www oxfordhistory org uk Retrieved 17 May 2020 a b Debrett John 1973 Debrett s Peerage Baronetage Knightage and Companionage Kelly s Directories p 2747 First Class Matches played by Hector Jelf CricketArchive Retrieved 17 May 2020 First class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Hector Jelf CricketArchive Retrieved 17 May 2020 No 35294 The London Gazette Supplement 30 September 1941 p 5715 No 42555 The London Gazette Supplement 29 December 1961 p 44 External links editHector Jelf at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hector Jelf amp oldid 1216337553, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
