William Lely

Amateur career

He was schooled in Fettes College, Edinburgh.

He played for Fettesian-Lorettonians and was selected for their tour of England in December 1908,^[2] and played in their match against Leicester on 30 December.^[3]

He went to Emmanuel College and played for Cambridge University.^[4]

He also played for London Scottish.

Provincial career

He played for the Anglo-Scots side against the Provinces District side on 26 December 1908, while still with Cambridge University.^[5]

International career

He was capped once for Scotland, in 1909.^[6]

He played cricket for Fettes College.^[7]

Later, in 1938, he played for Old Fettesians against the School.^[8]

In 1939, he presided over the Old Fettesians dinner in London.^[9]

He became a Director of Wallace and Company. They were agents for the Bombay-Burma Trading Company.^[10]

He became President of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce.^[10]

He later became a Director of the National Bank of India.^[11]

His parents were James Durward Lely (c.1853-1944) and Alice Frances Hurndall; and his maternal grandfather was Watkin Lucy Hurndall (1824-1895). James Durward Lely was from Angus in Scotland. Jame's father and William's paternal grandfather was an elder of Cray church in Glenshee for over 40 years.^[12]

James and Alice had sons Durward and Cyril, as well as William.^[12]

William married Dorothy Ruth Hurndall (1887-1977), his cousin, on 12 January 1915 in Yangon, Myanmar. Her father was Watkin Frank Hurndall (1855-1922), a son of Watkin Lucy Hurndall.