Jock Malloch

John 'Jock' Napier Malloch was an English footballer who played as an outside left for Dundee, Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley and South Kirkby.[2]

Jock Malloch
Personal information
Full name John Napier Malloch
Place of birth Dundee, Scotland
Playing position(s) Outside left
Youth career
East Craigie
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
?–1899 Dundee
1899–1900 Brighton United
1900–1908 Sheffield Wednesday 154[1] (12[1])
1908–1908 Barnsley
1908–1912 South Kirkby
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Malloch left Dundee for Sheffield Wednesday in 1900 for a fee of £50.[3] In April 1900 Malloch and fellow Dundee player, Low, had been playing together in England and joined Sheffield Wednesday on trial, with their prospective club, Brighton United in financial difficulties.[4] Malloch officially joined Sheffield Wednesday in May.[5] In September 1907 Sheffield Wednesday were given permission to give Malloch a benefit match.[6] Whilst at Sheffield Wednesday he won the Football League in the 1902/03 and 1903/04 seasons and played for the club in the Football League in the 1906/07 season when the club won the FA Cup, though he did not play in the FA Cup for them at all that season.

Following the benefit match at the end of the 1907/08 season Malloch found his time at Wednesday confined to the reserves and on New Year's Eve 1908 he transferred to local rivals Barnsley.[7] His time at Barnsley began with a series of poor performances[8] and by September he had moved on to South Kirkby.[9]

At South Kirkby Malloch once again found form and was instrumental in helping the club to the semi-final of the Sheffield Challenge Cup and the final of the Wharncliffe Charity Cup in the 1911/12 season. The final of the Wharncliffe Cup saw Malloch return to familiar territory at Owlerton Stadium, where South Kirkby met his old rivals Sheffield United.[10] He also was a pivotal player in the club's run in the FA Cup that season.[11]

References
  1. "The Sheffield Wednesday Archive". Adrian Bullock. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  2. "South Kirkby Colliery (Almost) Complete History". Matthew Thomas. Archived from the original on 15 July 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
  3. Metcalfe, Mark; Nicholson, Ralph; Nicholson, Clive (2016). Flying Over an Olive Grove: The Remarkable Story of Fred Spiksley - A Flawed Football Hero. epubli. p. 238. ISBN 9783741861451.
  4. "Dundee Pros in the South". Dundee Evening Post. 13 April 1900. p. 3.
  5. "Sheffield Wednesday Football Club". Northern Echo. 3 May 1900. p. 4.
  6. "Athletic Jottings". Dundee Evening Telegraph. 4 September 1907. p. 5.
  7. "Wednesday Player Transferred". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 1 January 1909. p. 10.
  8. "The Reserves". Barnsley Chronicle. 30 January 1909. p. 2.
  9. "Sheffield Association League". Sheffield Daily Telegraph. 27 September 1909. p. 3.
  10. "Sheffield Final of Wharncliffe Cup Competition". Sheffield Evening Telegraph. 1 April 1912. p. 6.
  11. "English Cup". Barnsley Chronicle. 23 October 1909. p. 2.
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