Jenkins was uncle of Fitzroy player Horrie Dawson.

He was senior coach of the Richmond Football Club in 1913.

Jenkins later joined the VFL as a goal umpire making his debut in VFL senior football in 1920.

By the time of his death in 1927, Jenkins had umpired 132 senior matches, including five grand finals.

This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1870s is a stub.