James Comrie
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | James Comrie[1] | ||
Date of birth | 31 March 1881 | ||
Place of birth | Denny, Scotland[2] | ||
Date of death | 9 August 1916[3] | (aged 35)||
Place of death | near Méteren, France | ||
Position(s) | Centre half | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1904 | Dunipace Juniors | ||
1904–1906 | Third Lanark | 54 | (15) |
1906–1907 | Reading | 36 | (1) |
1907–1908 | Glossop | 38 | (1) |
1908–1910 | Bradford City | 48 | (3) |
1910–1911 | Lincoln City | 12 | (1) |
1911 | Grantham Town | 1 | (0) |
1911–1912 | Stenhousemuir | ||
1912–1915 | Reading | 128 | (2) |
International career | |||
Southern League XI | 2 | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
James Comrie (31 March 1881 – 9 August 1916), sometimes known as Jock Comrie, was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Football League for Bradford City, Glossop and Lincoln City as a centre half.[1][4][5][6]
Personal life
Comrie's younger brother George,[7] cousin John and nephew Malcolm were also footballers.[2][8] While a part-time footballer with Lincoln City, he worked as an attendant at Bracebridge Pauper Lunatic Asylum.[9] In 1915, during the second year of the First World War, Comrie enlisted as a private in the Northumberland Fusiliers.[2] He died of wounds inflicted by a German trench mortar on 9 August 1916 near Méteren, France, during the Battle of the Somme.[2] Comrie is commemorated on the Menin Gate.[3]
Honours
Third Lanark
Career statistics
Club | Season | League | League | National Cup | Other | Total | ||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Third Lanark | 1903–04[10] | Scottish League First Division | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | 5 | 1 |
1904–05[10] | 24 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3[b] | 0 | 33 | 4 | ||
1905–06[10] | 26 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 1[c] | 0 | 32 | 13 | ||
Total | 54 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 72 | 18 | ||
Reading | 1906–07[2] | Southern League First Division | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | |
Glossop | 1907–08[2] | Second Division | 35 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 37 | 1 | |
1908–09[2] | 3 | 0 | — | — | 3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 38 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 40 | 1 | |||
Bradford City | 1908–09[2] | First Division | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 15 | 1 | |
1909–10[2] | 31 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | |||
Total | 43 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | 48 | 3 | |||
Lincoln City | 1910–11[2] | Second Division | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
Grantham | 1911–12[2] | Central Alliance | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
Reading | 1912–13[2] | Southern League First Division | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 36 | 0 | |
1913–14[2] | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 22 | 1 | |||
1914–15[2] | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 34 | 0 | |||
Reading total | 128 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 129 | 2 | |||
Career total | 276 | 22 | 21 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 302 | 25 |
- ^ Appearance in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup
- ^ 2 appearances in Glasgow Merchants Charity Cup, 1 appearance in Glasgow Cup
- ^ Appearance in Glasgow Cup
References
- ^ a b Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 63. ISBN 190589161X.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "James Comrie – Football and the First World War". Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ a b "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "James Comrie". Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "James Comrie 31/3/1881 – 9/8/1916 | VitalFootball.co.uk". VitalFootball.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ a b Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
- ^ "Comrie George Millwall 1908". Vintage Footballers. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Private James Comrie – 1st/7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers – Royals Remembered | Reading FC". www.readingfc.co.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ Gary (20 November 2017). "World War One Imps". The Stacey West. Retrieved 31 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Third Lanark Player James Comrie Details". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
External links
- James Comrie at readingfc.co.uk
Categories:
- 1881 births
- 1916 deaths
- Scottish footballers
- Third Lanark A.C. players
- Reading F.C. players
- Glossop North End A.F.C. players
- Bradford City A.F.C. players
- Lincoln City F.C. players
- Grantham Town F.C. players
- Stenhousemuir F.C. players
- Royal Northumberland Fusiliers soldiers
- British Army personnel of World War I
- English Football League players
- Southern Football League players
- Scottish Football League players
- British military personnel killed in the Battle of the Somme
- Dunipace F.C. players
- Association football central defenders
- Comrie family
- Scottish football midfielder, 1880s birth stubs