Louis Bookman

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Louis Bookman
Personal information
Full name	Louis James A. O. Buchalter
Date of birth	November 6 1890
Place of birth	Zagaren, Lithuania
Playing position	Outside Left
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
19xx-xx 1911-14 1914-15 1920-22 1923-24 1924-25	Belfast Celtic Bradford City West Bromwich Albion Luton Town Port Vale Shelbourne	X (X) 32 (2) 16 (1) 72 (4) 10 (0) 8 (2)
National team
1914-1921	Ireland	4 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Louis Bookman (born November 6, 1890, Zagaren, Lithuania; died June 10, 1943, Dublin), also known as Louis Buckhalter or Louis Buchalter, was a Lithuanian-born footballer and cricketer who represented his adopted country, Ireland, at both sports. The Buchalter family emigrated from Lithuania to Ireland in the 1890s to escape anti-Semitism and subsequently changed their name to Bookman.

Contents 1 Footballer 1.1 Club Career 1.2 Irish International 2 Cricket 3 Honours 4 External Links

[edit] Footballer

[edit] Club Career

Bookman began his senior football career with Belfast Celtic before joining Bradford City in 1911. He failed to establish himself as a first team regular at City, making just 32 English League appearances in three seasons. In 1914 Bookman joined West Bromwich Albion but his football career was interrupted by the outbreak of the First World War. After the war Bookman played for Luton Town, where despite being over thirty, he enjoyed the most successful spell of his football career. After a brief spell at Port Vale, Bookman returned to Ireland and signed for Shelbourne.

[edit] Irish International

In 1911 while playing for Belfast Celtic, Bookman gained an Irish amateur cap. In 1914 Bookman, together with Val Harris, Patrick O’Connell, Billy Gillespie and Bill Lacey was a member of the Ireland team that won the Brtish Home Championship. He won the first of four caps for Ireland in a 2-1 win against Wales on January 1. He won a further three caps in 1921 including an impressive 1-1 draw with England on October 22 at Windsor Park.

[edit] Cricket

Louis Bookman Ireland (Ire)
Batting style	Left-handed batsman
Bowling type	Slow left-arm orthodox
First-class record
Matches	9
Runs scored	342
Batting average	20.11
100s/50s	0/1
Top score	53
Balls bowled	348
Wickets	3
Bowling average	63.00
5 wickets in innings	0
10 wickets in match	0
Best Bowling	2/32
Catches/Stumpings	5/0
First class debut: 22 July 1920 Last first class game: 6 July 1929 Source: Cricket Archive

Bookman played cricket for the Railway Union Cricket Club, the Leinster Cricket Club and Bedfordshire. A left-handed batsman and left-arm spin bowler, Bookman made his debut for Ireland in a first-class match against Scotland in July 1920, and went onto play for Ireland on fourteen occasions. He played in eight more first-class matches, including a match against the West Indies. His last match was against Sir Julien Cahn's XI in July 1930.

[edit] Honours

Football

Ireland

• British Champions: 1
  • 1914

[edit] External Links

• Northern Ireland’s Footballing Greats
• CricketEurope Stats Zone
• CricketEurope article about Irish cricketers to have played international soccer
• Cricket Archive
• Cricinfo