Alfred Bourne

Alfred Bourne
Personal information
Full name Alfred Bourne[1]
Date of birth 1898[1]
Place of birth Kidsgrove, England[1]
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1919–1922 Port Vale 55 (0)
Total 55 (0)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Alfred Bourne (born 1898; date of death unknown) was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Port Vale between 1919 and 1922.

Playing career

Bourne joined Port Vale in the summer of 1919.[1] He quickly established himself as the first choice goalkeeper, however he lost his place by October 1920.[1] He was a member of the sides that won the Staffordshire Senior Cup and shared the North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup in 1920. He proved himself superior to Jonathan Hammond and played 32 Second Division games in the 1919–20 season.[1] However he only featured ten times in the league in the 1920–21 campaign, as new signing Walter Smith was preferred.[1] Bourne played 13 matches in the 1921–22 season, as he battled with Smith, Teddy Peers and Ernest Blackham for a first team place.[1] Peers won the battle, and Bourne was released from The Old Recreation Ground at the end of the season.[1]

Statistics

Club Season Division League FA Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Port Vale1919–20Second Division3202060400
1920–211000010110
1921–221300000130
Total 5502070640

Honours

with Port Vale

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 37. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
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