Wooden Spoonist Meaning

(idiomatic) The person or team who comes last in a contest.

Example: 1911, Aida Rodman De Milt, Ways and Days Out of London
  At the tail of the long list was Mr. R. P , of Fitzwilliam Hall, the " wooden spoonist."
1956, Arthur Harold Booth, British hustings, 1924-1950
  Thus it was that in the electoral League-table of the twentieth century so far the Conservatives had to be debited with the wooden spoonist as well as credited with the champion.
2012, Simon Rae, W. G. Grace: A Life, Faber & Faber (ISBN 9780571266364)
  'From the position of “wooden spoonist” [Gloucestershire] rose to the honourable position of fourth in the list, and became once again a team whose drawing capacity as regards “gate” was unsurpassed by any other County.'