[2] Kelly won the inaugural New South Wales Assistants' Championship at Concord in 1931, shortly before leaving Canberra.

[9] Kelly failed to successfully defend his Australian Open title in 1934, finishing 22 strokes behind the winner, Billy Bolger.

[13] In early 1936 Kelly was one of the six-man Australian team in the second Lakes International Cup at Lakewood Country Club, Long Beach, California.

He was the only Australian to win a match, beating the reigning U.S. Open champion, Sam Parks Jr., in the singles.

[15] Kelly left Goulburn in early 1934, joining Alan Kippax's sports store in Sydney.