 In the space of one August week he took five wickets in each innings - his only ten-wicket match haul - against Derbyshire on his home ground at Kidderminster, then claimed his best innings figures of 8-81 in a drawn game against Somerset at Weston-super-Mare.Wilson played his final match in early September 1926 against Middlesex, but bad weather meant that little play was possible and he did not take a wicket.He died in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, at the age of 54, nearly five years before his father.