James Comrie

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.

Personal life

Comrie's younger brother George, cousin John and nephew Malcolm were also footballers. While a part-time footballer with Lincoln City, he worked as an attendant at Bracebridge Pauper Lunatic Asylum. In 1915, during the second year of the First World War, Comrie enlisted as a private in the Northumberland Fusiliers. He died of wounds inflicted by a German trench mortar on 9 August 1916 near Méteren, France, during the Battle of the Somme. Comrie is commemorated on the Menin Gate.

Honours

Third Lanark

• Scottish Cup: 1904–05

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Third Lanark	1903–04	Scottish League Division One	4	1	0	0	1	0	5	1
	1904–05		24	3	6	1	3	0	33	4
	1905–06		26	11	7	2	1	0	32	13
	Total		54	15	13	3	5	0	72	18
Reading	1906–07	Southern League First Division	36	1	1	0	—		37	1
Glossop	1907–08	Second Division	35	1	2	0	—		37	1
	1908–09		3	0	—		—		3	0
	Total		38	1	2	0	—		40	1
Bradford City	1908–09	First Division	12	1	3	0	—		15	1
	1909–10		31	2	2	0	—		33	2
	Total		43	3	5	0	—		48	3
Lincoln City	1910–11	Second Division	12	1	0	0	—		12	1
Grantham	1911–12	Central Alliance	1	0	—		—		1	0
Reading	1912–13	Southern League First Division	36	0	0	0	—		36	0
	1913–14		22	1	0	0	—		22	1
	1914–15		34	0	0	0	—		34	0
	Total		128	2	1	0	—		129	2
Career total			276	22	21	3	5	0	302	25

External links

• James Comrie at readingfc.co.uk