Season #2 | 1880-81 | Games #3 - #6
133 Seasons, 33 Managers, 980 Players, 5,654 Matches, Only One Aston Villa
Player #106
Appearances:
77
Starts:
77
Goals:
0
Seasons:
5
Source: Sketch from the Monmouthshire Beacon, December 23, 1898.
Source: Sketch from the Monmouthshire Beacon, December 23, 1898.
Harry Wilkes
Position
Goalkeeper
From
1894-95
To
1898-99
IMAGE CREDIT
Harry Wilkes
Seasons Quick-View
Seasons
Age*
20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
Division
D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 | D1 |
Appearances
77 |
25 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 4 |
Starts
77 |
25 | 30 | 13 | 5 | 4 |
Substitute
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Unused
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Goals
0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
FULL SEASON BREAKDOWN
Harry Theodore Wilkes
Birth Date
Friday, 19 June 1874
Birth Place
Alcester, Warwickshire
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Redditch Town
From
For
Free
On
Unknown
Previous Clubs
Congregational Unity FC |
Redditch Town |
Loans Out
None
Transfer Out
To
Stoke City
For
Free
On
1898
Subsequent Clubs
Stoke |
Source: Sketch from the Monmouthshire Beacon, December 23, 1898.
Source: Sketch from the Monmouthshire Beacon, December 23, 1898.
Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
1894-98 Aston Villa, Free, 77 | 0 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
George Ramsay led Management Committee
First Squad Appearance
Saturday, 1 September 1894
Debut Appearance
Saturday, 1 September 1894
Small Heath (h), Division One
DEBUT
First Goal
Did not score
Final Appearance
Saturday, 24 September 1898
Sheffield United (h), Division One
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Saturday, 24 September 1898
Honours
Played for the Villa
Height
Foot
International Team
Not selected
Died
9 February 1921, Aged 46
Harry Wilkes
Player #106 for Aston Villa, Harry Theodore Wilkes, known as Harry Wilkes and nicknamed Badger, played as a goalkeeper for the club.
Harry represented Villa between 1894-95 and 1898-99.
Harry was born in Alcester, Warwickshire on 19th June 1874 and made his debut as a 20 year old on 1st September 1894.
Harry was only the 2nd keeper in Villa history to make more than 75 appearances following Jimmy Warner.
Villa had signed Harry from Redditch Town and he went on to represent the club 77 times over his 5 seasons at the club.
Harry was the sixteenth custodian of the Villa goal in League and Cup football and the third to be considered Villa's regular number one over successive seasons after Jimmy Warner (1886-92) and Bill Dunning (1892-95).
Harry conceded 114 goals across his 77 appearances at a ratio of 1.48 whilst keeping 14 clean sheets.
In his time with the Villa Harry won 6 major trophies: 3 League Championships in 1895-96, 1896-97 and 1898-99 as well as 2 FA Cups wins in 1894-95 and 1896-97 (the latter completing the league and cup double) and a Charity Shield.
Harry was an ever present in the 1894-95 FA Cup Winning team keeping a clean sheet in the final hosted at Crystal Palace, London where Villa once again beat West Bromwich Albion, this time 1-0.
Harry played in 29 of 30 of Villa’s games in the 1895-96 Championship winning season keeping 5 clean sheets.
Harry was instrumental in the double winning season on 1896-97 keeping 2 clean sheets in 5 FA Cup appearances however Harry was not to feature in the final hosted at Crystal Palace, London where Villa vanquished Everton 3-2 in front of a crowd of 65,891.
Harry then made 4 league appearances in 1898-99 as Villa once again ran out as League Champions.
Harry’s final game for Villa came on the 24th September 1898 aged 24 after which he moved on to Stoke.
Harry had played his Villa career under the George Ramsay led Management Committee.
Harry passed away in Stoke on Trent on the 9th February 1921 aged just 46.