Reginald Boyne
Boyne while with Brentford in 1920.
Personal information
Full name Reginald Boyne[1]
Date of birth (1891-11-16)16 November 1891
Place of birth Leeds, England
Date of death 10 March 1963(1963-03-10) (aged 71)[2]
Place of death Auckland, New Zealand
Position(s) Inside forward
Youth career
Everton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1913–1919 Aston Villa 13 (0)
→ Notts County (guest)
1916–1917 → Leicester Fosse (guest) 23 (2)
→ Loughborough Brush (guest)
1919–1921 Brentford 48 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Reginald Boyne (16 November 1891 – 10 March 1963) was a New Zealand professional footballer who played as an inside forward in the Football League for Aston Villa and Brentford.

Career

Early years

Boyne began his career in intermediate football in Auckland, New Zealand with Everton, which was named after the English club, before travelling to England to play junior football in Yorkshire.[3]

Aston Villa

Boyne joined high-flying First Division club Aston Villa on trial in August 1913 and was awarded a professional contract in December that year.[3] He made his professional debut in a 1–0 defeat to Bradford City on 27 December 1913.[4] Boyne made just three further appearances during the 1913–14 season and only managed four appearances during the whole of the 1914–15 season,[4] before competitive football was suspended due to the ongoing First World War. Boyne made a further five wartime appearances for Villa, before departing in August 1919.[3]

Guest appearances

During the First World War, Boyne appeared as a guest for Notts County, Leicester Fosse and Loughborough Brush.[2][3] He made 23 appearances and scored two goals in the Football League Midland Section for Leicester.[5][6]

Brentford

Boyne joined Southern League First Division club Brentford in August 1919.[7] Despite suffering with knee trouble,[8] Boyne had a good 1919–20 season, top-scoring with 13 goals.[7] He was retained for the 1920–21 season and received another chance at league football, with Brentford having entered into the newly created Third Division.[7] Boyne had the honour of scoring Brentford's first Football League goal, which came with the only goal of the game versus Millwall on 30 August 1920.[9] In a dire debut season (at the end of which the Bees had to apply for re-election), Boyne scored 10 goals in 22 games.[9] He was released in May 1921 and returned to New Zealand.[7]

Personal life

Born in Leeds as the eldest son of William Boyne and Mary Ellen Waddington, Boyne emigrated to New Zealand with his family at a young age.[7] Boyne's father was president of the Everton club in Auckland, where he and both his younger brothers, Harold and William played before the First World War broke out.[10] Harold was killed in action on the Western Front on 21 February 1917.[11][12]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Aston Villa 1913–14[4] First Division 4 0 0 0 4 0
1914–15[4] 4 0 0 0 4 0
Total 8 0 0 0 8 0
Brentford 1919–20[9] Southern League First Division 27 13 1 0 28 13
1920–21[9] Third Division 21 10 1 0 22 10
Total 48 23 2 0 50 23
Career Total 56 23 2 0 58 23

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 34. ISBN 978-1905891610.
  2. ^ a b "Moment in Time: Millwall". Brentford FC. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d "Boyne, Reginald (Reg)". Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b c d "Reginald Boyne". 11v11.com. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  5. ^ "Reg Boyne – Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  6. ^ "England 1916/17". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  7. ^ a b c d e Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920–2006. Yore Publications. p. 25. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  8. ^ Bystander, The (1920). Brentford Football Club Official Handbook 1920–21. F. W. Dimbleby & Sons. p. 18.
  9. ^ a b c d White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 365–366. ISBN 0951526200.
  10. ^ "Everton FC supporter Dr David France unveils plaque to club's war heroes at Goodison Park". Liverpool Echo. 29 June 2011. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  11. ^ "Everton and Lille | Historical Articles". ToffeeWeb. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  12. ^ "Casualty Details: Harold Waddington Boyne". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
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