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
	Chesterfield
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		176+	(19+)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Lowe played for Ripley Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Chesterfield and 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[3] – before returning to his hometown club Ripley, where he ultimately became a committee member.

Statistics

Source:[4]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Total
			Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bolton Wanderers	1921–22	First Division	4	0	0	0	4	0
	1922–23	First Division	1	0	0	0	1	0
	Total		5	0	0	0	5	0
Port Vale	1923–24	Second Division	30	2	1	0	33	2
	1924–25	Second Division	42	1	3	0	45	1
	1925–26	Second Division	42	5	1	0	43	5
	1926–27	Second Division	40	8	4	0	44	8
	1927–28	Second Division	9	1	0	0	9	1
	Total		163	17	9	0	172	17
Oldham Athletic	1928–29	Second Division	7	2	0	0	7	2
Rotherham United	1929–30	Third Division North	1	0	0	0	1	0
Career total			176	19	9	0	185	19

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. "Past Players". themillers.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2 August 2000. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
4. Jack Lowe at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)