[3][6] Wright switched to English football when he joined Bolton Wanderers in June 1895, and played regularly in his first three seasons with the club.
[2][3] In his second season with Wednesday (1899–1900), Wright was the club's leading goalscorer and received a Football League Second Division winner's medal.
[3] He scored 42 goals in 103 league appearances for Wednesday[1][2] (and 110 and 43 including FA Cup ties).
[1] Wright left the club in May 1904 and joined Plymouth Argyle,[2][8] where he won the Western League First Division title in his second season.
[2] A club handbook states that Wright was "always clever, frequently brilliant and has never been known to play a bad game.