| John Wilkie | |
| Fullname: | John Lamb Wilkie |
| Birth Date: | 29 January 1877 |
| Birth Place: | New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Death Place: | Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand |
| Family: | Robert Wilkie (brother) |
| Club1: | Otago |
| Year1: | 1901/02 |
| Date: | 28 May |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/38846.html Cricinfo |
John Lamb Wilkie (29 January 1877 - 19 June 1963) was a Scottish-born cricketer. He played two first-class matches in New Zealand for Otago during the 1901–02 season.[1] [2]
Wilkie was born at New Cumnock in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1877,[3] the son of John Lamb Wilkie and his wife Annie (née Reid). His father worked as a coachman before the family emigrated to New Zealand in 1883 onboard the SS Trevelyan, settling at Dunedin in Otago.[4] His father established a flour mill at Mosgiel near Dunedin in Otago. Wilkie and his brother, David, later joined the business which operated as Wilkie & Co., remaining as partners in the business after there father's death in 1926.[5] [6] [7] The partnership was dissolved in 1940.[8]
Along with his brother Robert, Wilkie played for Dunedin Cricket Club.[9] The brothers played together in an Otago XI against Southland in February 1900,[10] and during the following season Wilkie played both of his first-class matches for Otago. On debut against Canterbury at Christchurch he recorded a duck before scoring 73 runs in his second innings, whilst against Hawke's Bay he scored 49 runs in the only innings in which he batted and took a wicket.[2] He played for Dunedin until at least 1910.[11]
Wilkie died at Mosgiel in 1963. He was aged 86.[1] Either his mother Annie or his sister, Annie Will, were a signatory of the 1893 Women's Suffrage Petition whilst the family lived in Lees Street in Dunedin.[4]