Reginald Boyne

Reginald Boyne
Personal information
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)
Place of death Auckland, New Zealand
Playing position Inside forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1913–1919 Aston Villa 13 (0)
→ Notts County (guest)
1916–1917 → Leicester Fosse (guest) 23 (2)
Loughborough Brush
1919–1921 Brentford 21 (10)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Reginald Boyne was a New Zealand[1] professional football inside forward who played in the Football League for Aston Villa and Brentford.[2]

Career

Early years

Born in Leeds, Boyne emigrated to New Zealand at a young age.[2] He began his career in intermediate football in New Zealand, before travelling back to England and playing junior football in his native Yorkshire.[3]

Aston Villa

Boyne joined high-flying Division One side 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 and Leicester Fosse.[3] He made 23 appearances and scored two goals in the Football League Midland Section for Leicester.[5][6] He also played for Loughborough Brush during the war.[7]

Brentford

Boyne dropped into non-league football and joined Southern League Division One side Brentford in August 1919.[2] While the club's league form was lacking, Boyne had a good 1919/20 season, top-scoring with 13 goals.[2] He was retained for the 1920/21 season and received another chance at league football, with Brentford entered into the newly created Division Three South.[2] 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.[8] 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 1920 and returned to New Zealand.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Haynes, Graham (1998). A-Z Of Bees: Brentford Encyclopaedia. Yore Publications. p. 57. ISBN 1 874427 57 7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Haynes, Graham; Coumbe, Frank (2006). Timeless Bees: Brentford F.C. Who's Who 1920-2006. Yore Publications. p. 25. ISBN 978-0955294914.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Aston Villa Player Database". astonvillaplayerdatabase.com. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Reginald Boyne". 11v11.com. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  5. ↑ "Reg Boyne - Leicester City career stats - FoxesHistory". FoxesTalk Forum. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  6. ↑ England 1916/17
  7. ↑ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 34. ISBN 190589161X.
  8. ↑ "Brentford Football Club History". brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
  9. ↑ "Brentford Football Club History". brentfordfchistory.co.uk. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
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