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Melville Francis "Pen" Pengelly (17 March 1901 – 24 September 1973) was a New Zealand cricket umpire. He stood in four Test matches between 1946 and 1952.[1]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Melville Francis Pengelly |
| Born | 17 March 1901 Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Died | 24 September 1973 (aged 72) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Nickname | Pen |
| Umpiring information | |
| Tests umpired | 4 (1946–1952) |
Source: Cricinfo, 14 July 2013 | |
Pengelly attended Christ's College, Christchurch,[2] and played senior club cricket in Christchurch for St Albans.[3][4] He took up umpiring in the 1930s and umpired 19 first-class matches between 1937 and 1955, most of them in Wellington.[5] He umpired the first two Test matches in New Zealand after the Second World War: in Wellington in March 1946 and in Christchurch in March 1947, as well as two other Tests in 1951 and 1952.[5]
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