Jack Lowe (English footballer) explained

Jack Lowe
Fullname:John Lowe
Birth Date:1900
Birth Place:Ripley, Derbyshire, England
Height:[1]
Position:Right winger
Youthclubs1:Ripley Town
Clubs1:Sheffield Wednesday
Years2:1920–1921
Clubs2:Chesterfield
Caps2:33
Goals2:5
Years3:1921–1923
Clubs3:Bolton Wanderers
Caps3:5
Goals3:0
Years4:1923–1928
Clubs4:Port Vale
Caps4:163
Goals4:17
Years5:1928–1929
Clubs5:Oldham Athletic
Caps5:7
Goals5:2
Years6:1929–1930
Clubs6:Rotherham United
Caps6:1
Goals6:0
Clubs7:Ripley Town
Totalcaps:209+
Totalgoals:24+

John Lowe (born 1900; date of death unknown) was an English footballer who played on the right-wing for Ripley Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Chesterfield, Bolton Wanderers, Port Vale, Oldham Athletic, and Rotherham United.

Career

Lowe played for Ripley Town and Sheffield Wednesday before he joined Chesterfield. He made his debut for the club playing at number seven on 4 September 1920, in a 0–0 draw with Grimsby Town Reserves. He scored his first goal nine days later in a 1–1 draw with Leeds United Reserves. He scored five goals in 33 Midland Football League games in the 1920–21 season. He also played in the Chesterfield Hospital Charity Cup final victory over Staveley Town. He then moved into the First Division with Bolton Wanderers, before joining Port Vale in May 1923.[2] He scored twice in 32 appearances in the 1923–24 campaign.[2] He became an ever-present during the 1924–25 (45 games) and 1925–26 (43 games) seasons, making 128 consecutive appearances between April 1924 and March 1927, as Vale posted two consecutive eighth-place finishes in the Second Division.[2] His run came to the end as he sprained an ankle, though he did score eight goals in 45 games as the "Valiants" finished eighth for a third consecutive time in 1926–27.[2] He lost his first-team place in September 1927 and featured just nine times in the 1927–28 season, before he was handed a free transfer in May 1928.[2] He went on to play for Oldham Athletic and Rotherham United – he made just the one appearance for the "Millers", in a 2–1 Third Division North win over Rochdale at Spotland on 21 September 1929[3] – before returning to his hometown club Ripley, where he ultimately became a committee member.

Career statistics

ClubSeasonDivisionLeagueFA CupTotal
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chesterfield1920–21[4] Midland Football League33540375
Bolton Wanderers1921–22First Division400040
1922–23First Division100010
Total500050
Port Vale1923–24Second Division30210332
1924–25Second Division42130451
1925–26Second Division42510435
1926–27Second Division40840448
1927–28Second Division910091
Total163179017217
Oldham Athletic1928–29Second Division720072
Rotherham United1929–30Third Division North100010
Career total2092413022224

Honours

Chesterfield

Notes and References

  1. News: Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Bolton Wanderers . Harricus . Athletic News . Manchester . 21 August 1922 . 5.
  2. Book: Kent, Jeff. Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. 178. 1996. 0-9529152-0-0.
  3. Web site: Past Players . themillers.co.uk . 14 October 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20000802203608/http://www.themillers.co.uk/staticFiles/87/1b/0%2C%2C10360~7047%2C00.doc . 2 August 2000 .
  4. Web site: 1920-1.xlsx . Google Docs . 13 February 2023.