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 Boyne while with Brentford in 1920. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Reginald Boyne[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 November 1891 | ||
| Place of birth | Leeds, England | ||
| Date of death | 10 March 1963 (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
[edit]Early years
[edit]
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
[edit]
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]| 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
[edit]- ^ Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 34. ISBN 978-1905891610.
- ^ a b "Moment in Time: Millwall". Brentford FC. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Boyne, Reginald (Reg)". Aston Villa Player Database. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ a b c d "Reginald Boyne". 11v11.com. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Reg Boyne – Leicester City career stats". FoxesTalk. Retrieved 15 June 2015.
- ^ "England 1916/17". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Bystander, The (1920). Brentford Football Club Official Handbook 1920–21. F. W. Dimbleby & Sons. p. 18.
- ^ a b c d White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. pp. 365–366. ISBN 0951526200.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Everton and Lille | Historical Articles". ToffeeWeb. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Casualty Details: Harold Waddington Boyne". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 26 October 2016.