Jack Wilkie Explained

Jack Wilkie
Fullname:John Wilkie
Birth Date:1876
Birth Place:Govan, Scotland
Position:Inside Forward
Youthclubs1:Summertown Athletic
Years1:1894–1895
Caps1:21
Goals1:9
Years2:1895–1898
Caps2:75
Goals2:17
Years3:1898–1902
Caps3:28
Goals3:11
Years4:1900–1901
Clubs4:Middlesbrough (loan)
Caps4:28
Goals4:8
Years6:1903–1905
Caps6:31
Goals6:11
Years7:1905–1906
Caps7:7
Goals7:2
Years8:1906
Clubs8:Ayr Parkhouse (loan)
Totalcaps:190
Totalgoals:58

John Wilkie was a Scottish footballer who played in the Football League for Blackburn Rovers and Middlesbrough.[1]

He began his career with Partick Thistle, and returned to the club eight years later for a second spell.[2] [3] He played alongside former Jags left-wing teammate John Campbell at Blackburn and Rangers,[4] and would do so again briefly at Hibernian.[5]

At Rangers, he had a minor role in the club's perfect season of 1898–99 (18 league wins from 18 matches) and played more often as they retained the SFL title in 1899–1900, and in a third championship season in 1901–02. He also claimed Glasgow Cup medals in the latter two seasons.[4]

Wilkie was selected for the Home Scots v Anglo-Scots international trial match in 1898 while with Blackburn,[6] and again in 1904 while with Partick,[7] but this did not lead to a cap for Scotland on either occasion.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Joyce, Michael. Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. 2004. SoccerData. 1-899468-67-6.
  2. http://ptearlyyears.net/john-wilkie John Wilkie 1894 – 1905
  3. A Record of pre-war Scottish League Players. John Litster. Scottish Football Historian magazine. October 2012.
  4. http://www.fitbastats.com/rangers/player.php?playerid=1919 (Rangers player) Wilkie, James
  5. http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/player.php?playerid=5638 (Hibernian player) Wilkie, John
  6. https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1898/1898032301.htm Football. Anglo-Scots v. Scottish Eleven.
  7. https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/images/1904/1904032506.htm Trial Match At Meadowside An Even Draw.