Percy Jory

{{Infobox AFL biography

| name = Percy Jory

| image =

| fullname = Percival James Hector Jory

| birth_date = 21 December 1888

| birth_place = Creswick, Victoria

| death_date = {{death date and age|1964|9|19|1888|12|21|df=yes}}

| death_place = Elwood, Victoria

| originalteam = North Hobart

| height = 180 cm

| weight = 87 kg

| position = Forward/Ruckman

| statsend = 1920

| years1 = 1912–15, 1920

| club1 = St Kilda

| games_goals1 = 60 (15)

| careerhighlights = * AIF Pioneer Exhibition Game, London,
28 October 1916

}}

Percival James Hector Jory (21 December 1888 – 19 September 1964) was an Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The son of John Jory (1855–1897),[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article9782721 Deaths: Jory, The Argus, (Monday, 13 December 1897), p1.] and Alice Jory (1856–1922), née Pearce,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4689939 Deaths: Jory, The Argus, (Wednesday, 8 March 1922), p.1.] Percival James Hector Jory was born at Creswick, Victoria on 21 December 1888.

His nephew, Edward Ronald "Ron" Jory (1925–2013) played for Essendon in the VFL, and for Oakleigh in the VFA.

Football

Recruited from the North Hobart Football Club in the Tasmanian Football League.1911 Tasmania Carnival Team photograph at: [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88691036 The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 12 August 1911), p.31.]

His permit to play for St Kilda was granted on 24 April 1912,[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11670383 Football, Victorian League: Permits Granted, The Argus, (Thursday, 25 April 1912), p.5.] and he soon established himself as a forward who could also play in the ruck. He was a half-forward flanker in the 1913 VFL Grand Final loss to Fitzroy and two seasons later got suspended for 12 matches after being found guilty of elbowing an opponent.

When he returned home from his service with the First AIF he rejoined St Kilda briefly and then began umpiring matches in the country. He umpired three VFL games as a field umpire in 1925.

Jory umpired the 1927 Ovens and Murray Football League grand final.{{cite web |title=1927 - O&MFL - Grand Final Umpire |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/222821578 |via=Trove Newspapers |work=The Weekly Times |date=17 September 1927|page=80}}

From 1934 to 1942 he made 123 appearances as a goal umpire.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article11339003 Suspensions Remain, The Argus, (Saturday, 15 May 1943), p.9.]

Image:Detail of Third Australian Division Football Team (28 October 1916).tif

Military service

He enlisted in the First AIF on 12 January 1916, served overseas with the 31st Field Artillery Battery of the 8th Field Artillery Brigade,[https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1145 The 31st Battery of Australian Field Artillery at Vieux Berquin, 25 January 1918], photograph (E01540) in the collection of the Australian War Memorial leaving Australia on the HMAT Medic on 20 May 1916, and returned to Australia on the H.T. Windhuk, arriving at Melbourne on 18 August 1919.[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202448486 Official Lists Issued, (Friday, 18 July 1919), p.12.][http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article202450448 Returning Troops, The Age, (Tuesday, 19 August 1919), p.5.]

=28 October 1916=

While overseas, he played for the Third Australian Divisional Team, captained by South Melbourne's Bruce Sloss, in the famous "Pioneer Exhibition Game" of Australian Rules football, held in London, in October 1916, against the Australian Training Units Team, captained by Norwood's Charlie Perry.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154554564 |title=FOOTBALL CHAMPION. |newspaper=Winner |location=Melbourne, Victoria |date=1 November 1916 |page=8}} A news film was taken at the match.The original newsreel: {{YouTube | LuUjgJHLgdg | title= Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916)}}The 2019 remastered and colourised version of the original newsreel: {{YouTube | B88dBgC01YA | title= Australian Football (Pathé Newsreel, 1916), remastered and colourised version (2019)}}

Footnotes

References

[http://purl.slwa.wa.gov.au/slwa_b1874692_13.pdf?agree Pioneer Exhibition Game Australian Football: in aid of British and French Red Cross Societies: 3rd Australian Division v. Australian Training Units at Queen's Club, West Kensington, on Saturday, October 28th, 1916, at 3pm, Wightman & Co., (London), 1919.]
[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article154554564 Football Champion: Private Percy Jory, The Winner, (Wednesday, 1 November 1916), p.8.]
Holmesby, Russell and Main, Jim (2007). The Encyclopedia of AFL Footballers. 7th ed. Melbourne: Bas Publishing.
[https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1067069/large/5367292.JPG World War One Embarkation Roll: Gunner Sergeant Percival James Hector Jory (19992)], collection of the Australian War Memorial.
[https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/awm-media/collection/RCDIG1068912/large/5359733.JPG World War One Nominal Roll: Quartermaster Sergeant Percival James Jory (19992)], collection of the Australian War Memorial.
[https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/NAAMedia/ViewPDF.aspx?B=7365612&D=D World War One Service Record: Quartermaster Sergeant Percival James Hector Jory (19992)], National Archives of Australia.
Third player from left in back row in the team photograph at [http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88691036 Tasmania (team photograph), The (Adelaide) Chronicle, (Saturday, 12 August 1911), p.31.]
[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-page21521789 The St. Kilda Football Team (Photograph), The Leader, (Saturday, 15 June 1912), p.30.]