Jack Lowe (English footballer)

John Lowe (born 1900; date of death unknown) was an English footballer who played on the right-wing for Ripley Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Chesterfield, Bolton Wanderers, Port Vale, Oldham Athletic, and Rotherham United.

Jack Lowe
Lowe in a Port Vale squad photo in 1923
Personal information
Full name John Lowe[1]
Date of birth 1900[1]
Place of birth Ripley, Derbyshire, England[1]
Height 5 ft 8+1⁄4 in (1.73 m)[2]
Position(s) Right winger
Youth career
Ripley Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Sheffield Wednesday
1920–1921 Chesterfield 33 (5)
1921–1923 Bolton Wanderers 5 (0)
1923–1928 Port Vale 163 (17)
1928–1929 Oldham Athletic 7 (2)
1929–1930 Rotherham United 1 (0)
Ripley Town
Total 209+ (24+)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Lowe played for Ripley Town and Sheffield Wednesday, before he joined Chesterfield. He made his debut for the club playing at number seven on 4 September 1920, in a 0–0 draw with Grimsby Town Reserves.[3] He scored his first goal nine days later in a 1–1 draw with Leeds United Reserves.[3] He scored five goals in 33 Midland Football League games in the 1920–21 season, and also played in the Chesterfield Hospital Charity Cup final victory over Staveley Town.[3] He then moved into the First Division with Bolton Wanderers, before joining Port Vale in May 1923.[1] He scored twice in 32 appearances in the 1923–24 campaign.[1] He became an ever-present during the 1924–25 (45 games) and 1925–26 (43 games) seasons, making 128 consecutive appearances between April 1924 and March 1927, as Vale posted two consecutive eighth-place finishes in the Second Division.[1] His run came to the end as he sprained an ankle, though he did score eight goals in 45 games as the "Valiants" finished eighth for a third consecutive time in 1926–27.[1] He lost his first team place in September 1927 and featured just nine times in the 1927–28 season, before he was handed a free transfer in May 1928.[1] He went on to play for Oldham Athletic and Rotherham United – he made just the one appearance for the "Millers", in a 2–1 Third Division North win over Rochdale at Spotland on 21 September 1929[4] – before returning to his hometown club Ripley, where he ultimately became a committee member.

Career statistics
Club Season Division League FA Cup Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chesterfield 1920–21[3] Midland Football League 33540375
Bolton Wanderers 1921–22[5] First Division 400040
1922–23[5] First Division 100010
Total 500050
Port Vale 1923–24[5] Second Division 30210332
1924–25[5] Second Division 42130451
1925–26[5] Second Division 42510435
1926–27[5] Second Division 40840448
1927–28[5] Second Division 910091
Total 163179017217
Oldham Athletic 1928–29[5] Second Division 720072
Rotherham United 1929–30[5] Third Division North 100010
Career total 2092413022224

Honours

Chesterfield

  • Chesterfield Hospital Charity Cup: 1920[3]

References
  1. Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 178. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
  2. Harricus (21 August 1922). "Few big transfers in the First Division of the Football League. Bolton Wanderers". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
  3. "1920-1.xlsx". Google Docs. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
  4. "Past Players". themillers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 August 2000. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  5. Jack Lowe at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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