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{{short description|Australian racing cyclist}}
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'''Jessie Eunice Pengilly''' (died 29 May 1945) was a world record holding cyclist from [[Kellerberrin, Western Australia]].<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=KB00077287 | title = Pengilly, Jessie Eunice | accessdate = 2012-05-21 | work = Summary Of Record Information | publisher = Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, Western Australia}}</ref>
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'''Jessie Eunice Pengilly''' (14 August 1918 – 29 May 1945) was an Australian world-record-holding cyclist from [[Kellerberrin, Western Australia]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www2.mcb.wa.gov.au/NameSearch/details.php?id=KB00077287 | title = Pengilly, Jessie Eunice | accessdate = 2012-05-21 | work = Summary Of Record Information | publisher = Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, Western Australia}}</ref>


At the time of her death in a road traffic accident, aged 27, she held 43 women's cycling records including three world, 17 Australian and 23 Western Australian records.<ref name=loss>{{cite news | title = Loss to cycling | date = 29 May 1945 | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51750974 | work = The West Australian | page = 2 | accessdate = 2012-06-14}}</ref>
At the time of her death in a road traffic accident, aged 26, she held 43 women's cycling records including three world, 17 Australian and 23 Western Australian records.<ref name=loss>{{cite news | title = Loss to cycling | date = 29 May 1945 | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article51750974 | work = The West Australian | page = 2 | accessdate = 2012-06-14}}</ref><ref name=Mirror>{{cite news | title = Car's skid caused Jess Pengilly's death | date = 14 July 1945 | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76014778 | work = The Mirror | page = 6 | accessdate = 2012-06-14}}</ref>
<ref name=Mirror> {{cite news | title = Car's skid caused Jess Pengilly's death | date = 14 July 1945 | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76014778 | work = The Mirror | page = 6 | accessdate = 2012-06-14}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==
In her youth on ''Fair View Farm'', [[Kellerberrin, Western Australia|Kellerberrin]], Pengilly wrote short stories that were published in the 'Sunday Times' newspaper, Perth.<ref> {{cite news | first = Jessie | last = Pengilly | title = The Queen of the Stream | date = 9 Nov 1930 | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58402881 | work = The Sunday Times | page = 32 | accessdate = 2012-06-14}}</ref><ref> {{cite news | first = Jessie | last = Pengilly | title = The Queer Race | date = 16 Mar 1930 | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58377680 | work = The Sunday Times | page = 41 | accessdate = 2012-06-14}}</ref> She went on to become an outstanding woman athlete, hockey player, yachts woman and cyclist. She worked as a clerk at Bushells Coffee in [[Fremantle]] and lived in [[Cottesloe, Western Australia|Cottesloe]].<ref name="Mirror"/>
Born in [[Subiaco, Western Australia|Subiaco]], Pengilly grew up on the family's ''Fair View Farm'', near [[Kellerberrin, Western Australia|Kellerberrin]].<ref>{{cite news | title = Births | date = 8 Sep 1918 | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article27488782 | work = [[The West Australian]] | location = Perth, WA| page = 1 | accessdate = 2012-08-17}}</ref> As an 11-year-old her short stories were published in the Western Australian ''[[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|Sunday Times]]'' newspaper.<ref>{{cite news | first = Jessie | last = Pengilly | title = The Queen of the Stream | date = 9 Nov 1930 | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58402881 | work = [[The Sunday Times (Western Australia)|The Sunday Times]] | location = Perth, WA|page = 32 | accessdate = 2012-06-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | first = Jessie | last = Pengilly | title = The Queer Race | date = 16 Mar 1930 | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58377680 | work = The Sunday Times | location = Perth, WA| page = 41 | accessdate = 2012-06-14}}</ref> She went on to become an outstanding woman athlete, hockey player, yachtswoman and cyclist. She worked as a clerk at [[Bushells|Bushells Coffee]] in [[Fremantle]] and lived in [[Cottesloe, Western Australia|Cottesloe]].<ref name="Mirror"/>


==Cycling career==
==Cycling career==
Jessie Pengilly joined the women's section of the 'City of Perth Cycling Club' in 1937, and by 1938 she was successful in unpaced road racing.
Jessie Pengilly joined the women's section of the 'City of Perth Cycling Club' in 1937, and by 1938 she was successful in unpaced road racing.


By July 1940 she held the Northam to Perth; Perth to Northam; York to Perth; the 26 mile; 50 mile; 1 hour; 2 hour; and 3 hour cycling records. She then cut 29.5 minutes off Joan Randall's Perth-York record despite riding into wind and rain plus suffering a puncture. She rode a Bluebird standard bicycle fitted with ''Osgear'' [[Derailleur gears]] designed by [[Oscar Egg]].<ref name=loss/><ref> {{cite news | title = Miss Jess Pengilly's brilliant performance | date = 28 July 1940 | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58981069 | work = The Sunday Times | page = 12 | accessdate = 2012-06-14}}</ref>
By July 1940 she held the Northam-to-Perth, Perth-to-Northam, York-to-Perth, the 26- and 50-mile, and the 1-, 2- and 3-hour cycling records. She then cut 29.5 minutes off Joan Randall's Perth-York record despite riding into wind and rain, plus suffering a puncture. She rode a Bluebird standard bicycle fitted with ''Osgear'' [[Derailleur gears]] designed by [[Oscar Egg]].<ref name=loss/><ref>{{cite news | title = Miss Jess Pengilly's brilliant performance | date = 28 July 1940 | url = http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58981069 | work = The Sunday Times | page = 12 | accessdate = 2012-06-14}}</ref>


==Death==
==Death==
Pengilly died from multiple injuries on May 27 1945. The small sports car in which she was a passenger had skidded on tram lines on the wet road and collided with a Pioneer bus near the Swan Brewery in Mounts Bay Road, Perth.<ref name="Mirror"/>
Pengilly died from multiple injuries on 27 May 1945, when the small sports car in which she was a passenger skidded on tram lines on a wet road and collided with a Pioneer bus near the [[Swan Brewery]] in Mounts Bay Road, Perth.<ref name="Mirror"/> The driver of the car, Joseph Kenneth Willis, was killed three months later in a road incident nearby, at the corner of Hay Street and Victoria Avenue, on 15 August 1945.<ref>{{cite news|title=Seven Deaths in Seven Days|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/78777770|accessdate=21 September 2016|work=[[Daily News (Perth, Western Australia)|The Daily News]]|date=17 August 1945|location=Perth, WA|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fatal Smash|url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/78777185|accessdate=21 September 2016|work=The Daily News|date=14 September 1945|location=Perth, WA|page=3}}</ref>


==Records==
==Records==

===World (Road)===
===World (road)===
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* 50-mile straightaway - 2 hr 50 sec;
* 75 mile straightaway - 3 hr 7 min 33 sec:
* 50-mile straightaway - 2 h 50 s;
* 100 mile straightaway - 4 hr 13 min 50 sec.
* 75 mile straightaway - 3 h 7 min 33 s;
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* 100 mile straightaway - 4 h 13 min 50 s.
:These records were approved on 13 September 1940 and also carried Australian and WA records.<ref name=loss/>
:These records were approved on 13 September 1940 and also carried Australian and WA records.<ref name=loss/>


===Australia and Western Australia (Road)===
===Australia and Western Australia (road)===
* 25-mile straightaway - 58 min 15 sec on 13 September 1940;
* 25 miles straightaway - 58 min 15 s on 13 September 1940;
* 25 miles out and home - l hr 9 min 29 sec on 14 November 1940.
* 25 miles out and home - l h 9 min 29 s on 14 November 1940.
* 1 hour straightaway - 25.7 miles
* 1 hour straightaway - 25.7 miles
* 2 hours straightaway - 49.8 miles
* 2 hours straightaway - 49.8 miles
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* 4 hours straightaway - 95.1 miles on 28 September 1940.<ref name=loss/>
* 4 hours straightaway - 95.1 miles on 28 September 1940.<ref name=loss/>


===Road Distances (Western Australia)===
===Road distances (Western Australia)===
* [[Northam, Western Australia|Northam]] to Perth (61.1 miles) - 2 hrs 52 mins on 11 March 1938;
* [[Northam, Western Australia|Northam]] to Perth (61.1 miles) - 2 h 52 min on 11 March 1938;
* Perth to Northam - 3 hr 14 min on 11 September 1939
* Perth to Northam - 3 h 14 min on 11 September 1939
* [[York, Western Australia|York]] to Perth (60 miles) - 2 hr 46 min 30 sec on 24 October 1939
* [[York, Western Australia|York]] to Perth (60 miles) - 2 h 46 min 30 s on 24 October 1939
* Perth to York - 2 hr 55 mln 45 sec in August 1940;
* Perth to York - 2 h 55 mln 45 s in August 1940;
* [[Bunbury, Western Australia|Bunbury]] to Perth (115.4 miles) - 5 hrs 38 min 35 sec. on 18 October 1940
* [[Bunbury, Western Australia|Bunbury]] to Perth (115.4 miles) - 5 h 38 min 35 s on 18 October 1940
* Perth to Bunbury. 5 hrs 25 min 45 sec on 21 August 1940.<ref name=loss/>
* Perth to Bunbury - 5 h 25 min 45 s on 21 August 1940.<ref name=loss/>


===Unpaced on Collie track===
===Unpaced on Collie track===
* Five miles - 14 min 13 secs
* Five miles - 14 min 13 s
* 10 miles - 28 min 58 secs
* 10 miles - 28 min 58 s
* 20 miles - 58 mins 33 secs
* 20 miles - 58 min 33 s
* 25 miles - 1 hour 13 mins 33 secs
* 25 miles - 1 h 13 min 33 s
* One hour - 20 miles 1,291 yards on 23 August 1941
* One hour - 20 miles 1,291 yards on 23 August 1941
:These figures carry Australian and WA records.<ref name=loss/>
:These figures carry Australian and WA records.<ref name=loss/>


===Roller records===
===Roller records===
* One hour - 34.3 miles:
* One hour - 34.3 miles;
* 25 miles - 34 min
* 25 miles - 34 min;
* 50 miles - 1 hr 21min.
* 50 miles - 1 h 21 min.
:These figures were made in Perth in 1941 and carry Australian and WA record titles<ref name=loss/>
:These figures were made in Perth in 1941 and carry Australian and WA record titles<ref name=loss/>


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| DATE OF DEATH = 29 May 1945
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[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:Australian female cyclists]]
[[Category:Australian female cyclists]]
[[Category:People from Kellerberrin, Western Australia]]
[[Category:People from Kellerberrin, Western Australia]]
[[Category:Road incident deaths in Western Australia]]
[[Category:1945 deaths]]
[[Category:1945 deaths]]

Latest revision as of 14:49, 9 October 2020

Jessie Eunice Pengilly (14 August 1918 – 29 May 1945) was an Australian world-record-holding cyclist from Kellerberrin, Western Australia.[1]

At the time of her death in a road traffic accident, aged 26, she held 43 women's cycling records including three world, 17 Australian and 23 Western Australian records.[2][3]

Early life

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Born in Subiaco, Pengilly grew up on the family's Fair View Farm, near Kellerberrin.[4] As an 11-year-old her short stories were published in the Western Australian Sunday Times newspaper.[5][6] She went on to become an outstanding woman athlete, hockey player, yachtswoman and cyclist. She worked as a clerk at Bushells Coffee in Fremantle and lived in Cottesloe.[3]

Cycling career

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Jessie Pengilly joined the women's section of the 'City of Perth Cycling Club' in 1937, and by 1938 she was successful in unpaced road racing.

By July 1940 she held the Northam-to-Perth, Perth-to-Northam, York-to-Perth, the 26- and 50-mile, and the 1-, 2- and 3-hour cycling records. She then cut 29.5 minutes off Joan Randall's Perth-York record despite riding into wind and rain, plus suffering a puncture. She rode a Bluebird standard bicycle fitted with Osgear Derailleur gears designed by Oscar Egg.[2][7]

Death

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Pengilly died from multiple injuries on 27 May 1945, when the small sports car in which she was a passenger skidded on tram lines on a wet road and collided with a Pioneer bus near the Swan Brewery in Mounts Bay Road, Perth.[3] The driver of the car, Joseph Kenneth Willis, was killed three months later in a road incident nearby, at the corner of Hay Street and Victoria Avenue, on 15 August 1945.[8][9]

Records

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World (road)

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  • 50-mile straightaway - 2 h 50 s;
  • 75 mile straightaway - 3 h 7 min 33 s;
  • 100 mile straightaway - 4 h 13 min 50 s.
These records were approved on 13 September 1940 and also carried Australian and WA records.[2]

Australia and Western Australia (road)

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  • 25 miles straightaway - 58 min 15 s on 13 September 1940;
  • 25 miles out and home - l h 9 min 29 s on 14 November 1940.
  • 1 hour straightaway - 25.7 miles
  • 2 hours straightaway - 49.8 miles
  • 3 hours straightaway - 72.0 miles
  • 4 hours straightaway - 95.1 miles on 28 September 1940.[2]

Road distances (Western Australia)

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  • Northam to Perth (61.1 miles) - 2 h 52 min on 11 March 1938;
  • Perth to Northam - 3 h 14 min on 11 September 1939
  • York to Perth (60 miles) - 2 h 46 min 30 s on 24 October 1939
  • Perth to York - 2 h 55 mln 45 s in August 1940;
  • Bunbury to Perth (115.4 miles) - 5 h 38 min 35 s on 18 October 1940
  • Perth to Bunbury - 5 h 25 min 45 s on 21 August 1940.[2]

Unpaced on Collie track

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  • Five miles - 14 min 13 s
  • 10 miles - 28 min 58 s
  • 20 miles - 58 min 33 s
  • 25 miles - 1 h 13 min 33 s
  • One hour - 20 miles 1,291 yards on 23 August 1941
These figures carry Australian and WA records.[2]

Roller records

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  • One hour - 34.3 miles;
  • 25 miles - 34 min;
  • 50 miles - 1 h 21 min.
These figures were made in Perth in 1941 and carry Australian and WA record titles[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Pengilly, Jessie Eunice". Summary Of Record Information. Metropolitan Cemeteries Board, Western Australia. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "Loss to cycling". The West Australian. 29 May 1945. p. 2. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  3. ^ a b c "Car's skid caused Jess Pengilly's death". The Mirror. 14 July 1945. p. 6. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Births". The West Australian. Perth, WA. 8 September 1918. p. 1. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  5. ^ Pengilly, Jessie (9 November 1930). "The Queen of the Stream". The Sunday Times. Perth, WA. p. 32. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  6. ^ Pengilly, Jessie (16 March 1930). "The Queer Race". The Sunday Times. Perth, WA. p. 41. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Miss Jess Pengilly's brilliant performance". The Sunday Times. 28 July 1940. p. 12. Retrieved 14 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Seven Deaths in Seven Days". The Daily News. Perth, WA. 17 August 1945. p. 1. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Fatal Smash". The Daily News. Perth, WA. 14 September 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
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