Place of birth Leeds, England Name Reginald Boyne 1913–1919 Aston Villa | Years Team | |
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Date of birth (1891-11-16)16 November 1891 Date of death 10 March 1963(1963-03-10) (aged 71) Died March 10, 1963, Auckland, New Zealand | ||
Place of death Auckland, New Zealand | ||
Reginald Boyne (16 November 1891 – 10 March 1963) was a New Zealand professional football inside forward who played in the Football League for Aston Villa and Brentford.
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Early years
Born in Leeds, the eldest son of William Boyne and Mary Ellen Waddington, Boyne emigrated to New Zealand with his family at a young age. He began his career in intermediate football in Auckland, playing for the Everton team, which was named after the famous English side, before travelling back to England and playing junior football in his native Yorkshire. Boyne's father, William Boyne, was president of the Everton Club in Auckland, where he and both his younger brothers, Harold Waddington Boyne and William Edgar Boyne played before the First World War broke out. Harold was killed in action on the Western Front on 21 February 1917.
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. He made his professional debut in a 1–0 defeat to Bradford City on 27 December 1913. Boyne made just three further appearances during the 1913–14 season and only managed four appearances during the whole of the 1914–15 season, 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.
Guest appearances
During the First World War, Boyne appeared as a guest for Notts County and Leicester Fosse. He made 23 appearances and scored two goals in the Football League Midland Section for Leicester. He also played for Loughborough Brush during the war.
Brentford
Boyne joined Southern League Division One side Brentford in August 1919. While the club's league form was lacking, Boyne had a good 1919–20 season, top-scoring with 13 goals. He was retained for the 1920–21 season and received another chance at league football, with Brentford having entered into the newly created Division Three South. 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. 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. He was released in May 1920 and returned to New Zealand.