Jack Ponsonby
Personal information
Full name John Ponsonby[1]
Date of birth 1874[1]
Place of birth Dumbarton, Scotland[2]
Date of death 1962 (aged 87–88)
Place of death Belfast, Northern Ireland[3]
Position(s)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1893–1987 Distillery
1897–1898 Stoke 5 (0)
1898–1903 Distillery
International career
1895–1900 Irish League XI 7 (0)
1895–1899 Ireland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Ponsonby (1874 – 1962) was a footballer who played in the Football League for Stoke.[2]

Career

Ponsonby was born in Dumbarton, Scotland to Irish parents[4] and moved over to Belfast where he played for Distillery.[2] He joined Stoke in 1897 and played five matches during the 1897–98 season before returning to Distillery.[2] He won the Irish League four times (1895–96, 1898–99, 1900–01, 1902–03) across his two spells, and lifted the Irish Cup in 1896.[3]

Career statistics

Club

Club Season League FA Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Stoke[2] 1897–98 First Division 500050
Career Total 500050

International

Source:[5]

National teamYearAppsGoals
Ireland 189520
189630
189730
189910
Total90

References

  1. 1 2 Statutory registers - Births - Search results, ScotlandsPeople
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Matthews, Tony (1994). The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City. Lion Press. ISBN 0-9524151-0-0.
  3. 1 2 Jack Ponsonby, Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats, 24 October 2007
  4. ↑ Shamrock on Blue, Scots Football Worldwide
  5. ↑ "Ponsonby, Jack". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
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