Henri Jeanneret

Henri Jeanneret
Jeanneret in 1899
Personal information
Full name	Henri Edward Jeanneret
Date of birth	(1878-01-01)1 January 1878
Place of birth	Switzerland
Date of death	1 June 1935(1935-06-01) (aged 57)
Place of death	Hurstville, New South Wales
Height	178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Position(s)	Wing, forward
Playing career^1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
1898–1903	South Melbourne	75 (12)
1904	Melbourne	4 (0)
Total		79 (12)
^1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 1904.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Henri Edward Jeanneret (1 January 1878 – 1 June 1935)[1] was a Swiss-born Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Family

The fourth (of seven) child of Frederic Guillaume Jeanneret Gris (1851-1893),[2][3][4] and Laure Jeanneret Gris (1851-1923), née Belrichard,[5][6][7] Henri Edward Jeanneret was born in Switzerland on 1 January 1878. His family arrived in Melbourne in the S.S. Somersetshire on 10 August 1879.

He married Jane/Jean Ethel Domville Scott (1881-) in 1906. He was naturalized, as "Henry Edward Jeanneret" on 17 August 1911 (cert. No. 12104).

Playing career

"A young man named Henry Jeanneret sustained a fracture of the ribs while playing football [for Mentone] in the Mentone v. East Brighton match last Saturday." — The Caulfield and Elsternwick Leader, 11 July 1896.[8]

Glenferrie (SJFA)

Jeanneret started playing football with Glenferrie (late Clendon) in the Suburban Junior Football Association in 1897, where he was also the club delegate.

Hawthorn (VJFA)

When Glenferrie disbanded during 1897, he then joined the Hawthorn club that was competing in the Victorian Junior Football Association,

South Melbourne (VFL)

He joined South Melbourne at the start of 1898.[9][10] A wingman, Jeanneret made his debut for South Melbourne in Round 1 of the 1898 VFL season. He played in 75 matches over six seasons for South Melbourne.

Melbourne (VFL)

On 5 May 1904 he was cleared to Melbourne for the 1904 VFL season.[11] At Melbourne he played four matches.[12]

See also

• 1899 VFL grand final

Death

He died at Hurstville, New South Wales on 1 June 1935.[13]

Notes

1. Curtis, Rod (30 April 2005). "A retired Greek ruckman from Sunshine explains the rules in every language". The Age. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
2. Deaths: Gris, The Age, (Monday, 12 June 1893), p.1.
3. Deaths: Gris, The Argus, (Tuesday, 13 June 1893), p.1.
4. Deaths: Jeanneret-Gris, The Argus, (Saturday, 17 June 1893), p.1.
5. Tutors, Governesses, Clerks, &c.: Madame Jeanneret, The Argus, (Thursday, 1 April 1886), p.1.
6. Soldier's Wife Leads: Lessons in Camp, The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 20 January 1917), p.10.
7. Deaths: Jeanneret, The Argus, (Monday, 23 May 1923), p.1.
8. Brief Notes, The Caulfield and Elsternwick Leader, (Saturday, 11 July 1896), p.2.
9. Hawthorn, The (Melbourne) Herald, (Tuesday, 10 May 1893), p.3.
10. "Henri Jeanneret joins South Melbourne from Hawthorn - The Herald May 10, 1898".
11. Victorian Football League, The Argus, (Saturday, 7 May 1904), p.16.
12. Main, Jim; Holmesby, Russell (1992). The Encyclopedia of League Footballers. Melbourne, Victoria: Wilkinson Books. p. 213. ISBN 1-86337-085-4.
13. "Henry E. Jeanneret", NSW Births Deaths & Marriages Reg.No.7044/1935.

References

• South Melbourne Team, Melbourne Punch, (Thursday, 4 June 1903), p.16.

External links

• Henri Jeanneret's playing statistics from AFL Tables
• Henri Jeanneret at AustralianFootball.com
• Henri Jeanneret at Demonwiki.