John Lamb Wilkie (29 January 1877 – 19 June 1963) was a Scottish-born

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er. He played two first-class matches in New Zealand for

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during the 1901–02 season.John Wilkie

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. Retrieved 28 May 2016.John Wilkie
CricketArchive. Retrieved 28 May 2016. Wilkie was born at New Cumnock in

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, Scotland in 1877,McCarron A (2010) ''New Zealand Cricketers 1863/64–2010'', p. 139. Cardiff: The Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians.
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at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 5 June 2023.) the son of John Lamb Wilkie and his wife Annie (''

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'' Reid). His father worked as a coachman before the family emigrated to New Zealand in 1883 onboard the SS ''Trevelyan'', settling at Dunedin in

.Annie Wilkie
New Zealand History. Retrieved 21 February 2024. His father established a flour mill at Mosgiel near Dunedin in

. 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.Departing cricketers, '' Evening Star'', issue 19312, 27 July 1926, p. 10.
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at Papers Past. Retrieved 21 February 2024.) Wilkie died at Mosgiel in 1963. He was aged 86. Either his mother Annie or his sister, Annie Will, were a signatory of the

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whilst the family lived in Lees Street in Dunedin.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilkie, John 1877 births 1963 deaths New Zealand cricketers Otago cricketers Sportspeople from East Ayrshire Scottish cricketers Scottish emigrants to New Zealand People from New Cumnock