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]
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | John Lamb Wilkie |
| Born | 29 January 1877 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Died | 19 June 1963 (aged 86) Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand |
| Relations | Robert Wilkie (brother) |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1901/02 | Otago |
Source: Cricinfo, 28 May 2016 | |
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]
References
edit- ^ a b John Wilkie, CricInfo. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ a b John Wilkie, CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 May 2016. (subscription required)
- ^ McCarron A (2010) New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010, p. 139. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. ISBN 978 1 905138 98 2 (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.)
- ^ a b Annie Wilkie, New Zealand History. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ Magistrates court, Otago Daily Times, issue 14635, 22 September 1909, p. 3. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 21 February 2024.)
- ^ Deaths, Otago Daily Times, issue 19759, 9 April 1926, p. 8. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 21 February 2024.)
- ^ Home-made will gave estate to daughter, The Star, issue 17936, 27 August 1926, p. 9. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 21 February 2024.)
- ^ Advertisements, Otago Daily Times, issue 24454, 13 November 1940, p. 12. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 21 February 2024.)
- ^ Cricket, Otago Daily Times, issue 11650, 6 February 1900, p. 7. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 21 February 2024.)
- ^ Cricket, Evening Star, issue 11171, 21 February 1900, p. 2. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 21 February 2024.)
- ^ Departing cricketers, Evening Star, issue 19312, 27 July 1926, p. 10. (Available online at Papers Past. Retrieved 21 February 2024.)