[1] He attended Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc).
[3] While living in England in 1907, Jolly played one first-class cricket match, for Worcestershire against Oxford University.
Batting at number 11, he scored eight and one not out, and from behind the stumps he picked up three catches, the first being that of Oxford captain Egerton Wright.
Jolly joined the Indian Forest Service in Burma in 1907 but returned to Australia in 1909 to teach at Geelong Church of England Grammar School.
[9] In 1957, a memorial grove of trees (Eucalyptus microcorys) and a cairn were established on Moonpar Forest Drive, Nymboi Binderay National Park, Dorrigo, New South Wales, commemorating Jolly's contributions to teaching and practice of forestry.