| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | John Lamb Wilkie |
| Born | (1877-01-29)29 January 1877 New Cumnock, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Died | 19 June 1963(1963-06-19) (aged 86) Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand |
| Relations | Robert Wilkie (brother) |
| Domestic team information | |
| Years | Team |
| 1901/02 | Otago |
| Source: Cricinfo, 28 May 2016 | |
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.
Wilkie was born at New Cumnock in Ayrshire, Scotland in 1877, 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. 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. The partnership was dissolved in 1940.
Along with his brother Robert, Wilkie played for Dunedin Cricket Club. The brothers played together in an Otago XI against Southland in February 1900, 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. He played for Dunedin until at least 1910.
Wilkie died at Mosgiel in 1963. He was aged 86. 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.
References
- ^ John Wilkie, CricInfo. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
- ^ 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.)
- ^ 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.)