1900's JOHN WRIGHT (CLIFTONVILLE) J. BAINES LTD. SHIELD
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WRIGHT WAS A MEMBER OF THE CLIFTONVILLE SQUAD THAT WON THE 1907 IRISH CUP FINAL WITH VICTORY OVER SHELBOURNE, THOUGH HE MISSED THE REPLAY IN WHICH THE TROPHY WAS CLAIMED. HE MADE AMENDS TWO SEASONS LATER AS HE PLAYED IN BOTH GAMES AS BOHEMIANS WERE SEEN-OFF IN THE BLUE RIBAND FINAL. WRIGHT ALSO CLAIMED TWO CHAMPIONSHIP MEDALS WITH CLIFTONVILLE. IN 1906 THE TITLE WAS SHARED WITH DISTILLERY AFTER TWO PLAY-OFFS COULD NOT YIELD A WINNER. IN 1910, A SEASON IN WHICH HE ENDED UP ON THE LOSING SIDE IN THE IRISH CUP FINAL FOR THE ONLY TIME, WRIGHT WAS PART OF THE CLIFTONVILLE SIDE THAT PIPPED BELFAST CELTIC TO THE TITLE BY A TWO-POINT MARGIN. THE FOLLOWING SEASON HE PLAYED TWICE AT RIGHT-HALF FOR HUDDERSFIELD BEFORE RETURNING TO HIS HOME COUNTRY. CAPPED SIX TIMES BY IRELAND THROUGH 1906 AND 1907, WRIGHT TWICE CAPTAINED THE TEAM. SIMILARLY, HE TWICE CAPTAINED IRELAND IN AMATEUR INTERNATIONALS AGAINST ENGLAND, BOTH 3-2 WINS AT SOLITUDE. BETWEEN 1905 AND 1912 HE ALSO PLAYED SEVEN TIMES FOR THE IRISH LEAGUE, INCLUDING IN A MEMORABLE 0-0 DRAW WITH THE FOOTBALL LEAGUE AT THE OVAL IN OCTOBER 1912.
FOUNDED IN 1879, CLIFTONVILLE ARE ONE OF THE OLDEST FOOTBALL CLUBS IN IRELAND, AND WERE ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LEAGUE IN THE INAUGURAL SEASON OF 1890.
FOUNDED IN 1879, CLIFTONVILLE ARE ONE OF THE OLDEST FOOTBALL CLUBS IN IRELAND, AND WERE ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS OF THE IRISH LEAGUE IN THE INAUGURAL SEASON OF 1890.