Reginald Boyne

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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[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]

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[edit]

  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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