Albert Wilkes	Aston Villa FC 5 appearances, 1 goal P 5 W 2 D 3 L 0 F 11: A 4 70% successful 1901-02 captain: none minutes played: 450
Timeline
	Albert Wilkes
Birth	6 September 1875 in West Bromwich, Staffordshire [registered as Wilks in West Bromwich, December 1875]. Another genealogical source names 10 November 1875. But definitely not 1874, and definitely not in Birmingham.
	According to the 1881 census, Albert is the second of four children to Samuel and Susannah (née Baggott), living at 32 Wood Lane in West Bromwich. His father is a coal miner. They have one boarder.
	According to the 1891 census, Albert is the second eldest of five children still at home at 40 George Street in West Bromwich. His father is still a coal miner.
	According to the 1901 census, Albert, along with seven other footballers, is visiting Blackpool, for they are staying at the Station Hotel on Talbot Road.
Marriage	to Lydia Fereday, on 6 June 1903 [registered in West Bromwich, June 1903].
	According to the 1911 census, Albert is a professional photographer married to Lydia with three children, Albert Edward and Vera Joyce are living with them (Lydia May is the middle child elsewhere). They have one servant and they live at 45 Legge Street in West Bromwich.
	According to the 1921 census, Albert, still a photographer and still married, have one more son, Graham. They still live at 45 Legge Street.
Death	9 December 1936 at Lyncroft, Sweetpool Lane in West Hagley, aged 61 years 94 days [registered in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire]. Left £11,824 10s. 7d. to his widowed wife, Lydia and son, Albert, also a photographer. Did not die on 12 September 1936.
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990] &
Playing Career
Club(s)	Played schoolboy football within West Bromwich and was soon playing for Olbury Town FC and Walsall FC. Joined Aston Villa FC in the 1898 close season. Having completed 140 league appearances, and scored seven goals (he played in goal for one reserve match in April 1906), Fulham signed Wilkes on 27 July 1907, before he retired two years later on 21 July 1909.
Club honours	Football League Champions 1898-99, 1899-1900, runners-up 1901-02; FA Cup winners 1904-05;
Individual honours	Football League (one appearance)
Distinctions	None
Height/Weight	5' 7", 11st. 5lbs [1901], 5' 7½", 12st. 7lbs [1902].
Source	Douglas Lammings' An English Football Internationalist Who's Who [1990].
England Career
Player number	One of six who became the 262nd players (263) player to appear for England.
Position(s)	Right-half
First match	No. 72, 18 March 1901, England 6 Wales 0, a British Championship match at St. James' Park, Gallowgate, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, aged 25 years 193 days.
Last match	No. 76, 3 May 1902, England 2 Scotland 2, a replayed British Championship match at Aston Lower Grounds, Trinity Road, Aston, Birmingham, aged 26 years 239 days.
Major tournaments	British Championship 1900-01, 1901-02;
Team honours	British Championship winners 1900-01;
Individual honours	None
Distinctions	None
England Tragedy
"Yesterday afternoon [12 April 1899] Albert Wilkes, one of the Aston Villa half-backs, met with an accident whilst riding a bicycle through West Bromwich. Wilkes collided with a cart, and was thrown violently from his machine, sustaining an injury to the shoulder-fourtunaletly not of a serious nature. The bicycle was badly damaged." - Nottingham Evening Post, Thursday, 13 April 1899.
Beyond England
Retired from playing to concentrate on his photography business. He was later a Football League referee and an Aston Villa FC director from September 1934. Throughout, he was a prominent worker for the Baptist Church. - An English Football Internationalists' Who's Who. Douglas Lamming (1990). Hatton Press, p.268. His photography business was handed down to his son, Albert Edward, upon his death in 1936. In 1970, the business was sold to ColorSport.

Albert Wilkes - Match History
Club: Aston Villa F.C. - 5 full appearances F.A. International Select Committee - 5 full capsx
Age 25
1	72	18 March 1901 - England 6 Wales 0, St. James' Park, Newcastle-upon-Tyne	BC	HW	Start	rh
2	73	30 March 1901 - England 2 Scotland 2, Sports Arena, Penge		HD	Start	rh
Age 26
3	74	3 March 1902 - Wales 0 England 0, The Racecourse, Wrexham	BC	AD	Start	rh
4	75	22 March 1902 - Ireland 0 England 1, Balmoral Showgrounds, Belfast		AW	Start	rh
void		5 April 1902 - Scotland 1 England 1, Ibrox Park, Glasgow		AD	Start	rh
5	76	3 May 1902 - England 2 Scotland 2, Aston Lower Grounds, Birmingham		HD	Start 67	rh

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