Ernest Merrett Jenkins (4 October 1879 – 21 December 1927) was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who played for the

Fitzroy Football Club The Fitzroy Football Club is an Australian rules football club currently competing in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA). Formed in 1883 to represent the inner-Melbourne municipality of Fitzroy, the club was a member of the V ...

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of the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...

and an

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in the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL). Jenkins was uncle of Fitzroy player Horrie Dawson.

Playing career

Jenkins played for the

in the

(VFL) between 1897 and 1908 and again in 1910.

Coaching career

He was senior coach of the

in 1913.

Umpiring career

Jenkins later joined the VFL as a goal umpire making his debut in VFL senior football in 1920. By the time he retired in 1927 Jenkins had umpired 132 senior matches, including five grand finals.

References

Bibliography

* Hogan P: ''The Tigers Of Old'', Richmond FC, Melbourne 1996 *

External links

* * 1879 births 1927 deaths Fitzroy Football Club players Fitzroy Football Club premiership players Richmond Football Club coaches Australian Football League umpires Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state) VFL/AFL premiership players {{AFL-bio-1870s-stub