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Bob Wilson

Name: Robert Wilson
Born: c.1867
Position: Right-Back

Representative Honours: Ireland: 1 Full Cap (1888).
Club Honours: (with Distillery) Irish Cup Winner 1883/84, 1884/85, 1885/86; (with Cliftonville) Irish Cup Winner 1887/88.

Club Career:
Teams....... --Seasons-- Signed Competitive Friendly

Distillery.. 83/84-86/87 ..1883 .. 22/??.... 56/??
Cliftonville ............. 1887


Biography:
Son of Matt “Daddy” Wilson, Bob Wilson broke into the Distillery first eleven as a seventeen year-old, making his debut in November 1883. He usually played at left-back, with his father on the right, and claimed a hat-trick of Irish Cups from 1884 to 1886.

Bob Wilson joined Cliftonville for the 1887/88 season, bringing with him his excellent Cup pedigree. In March 1888 he lined up for his new club against his old-teammates in the Irish Cup Final at the Ulster Grounds, Ballynafeigh, Wilson’s Cliftonville won 2-1 and a week later he was selected at right-back for Ireland’s match against Scotland. The Scots ran out 10-2 winners at Solitude.

Ireland Cap Details:
24-03-1888 Scotland H L 2-10 BC

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 0, Lost 1.

Comments

Unknown said…
Most reports show that he played in the 11-0 thrashing by Wales, but Joe Sherrard is shown in the Northern Whig, and something that the authors of this web site have shown.
Was it Sherrard or Wilson who played for Ireland in 1888???