Alfred Bourne (footballer)

Alfred Bourne
	Bourne in a Port Vale squad photo in 1919
Personal information
Full name	Alfred Bourne[1]
Date of birth	1894
Place of birth	Kidsgrove, England[1]
Date of death	1939 (aged 44–45)
Playing position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Alfred Bourne (1894 – 1939) 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

Source:[2]

Club	Season	Division	League		FA Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Port Vale	1919–20	Second Division	32	0	2	0	6	0	40	0
	1920–21	Second Division	10	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
	1921–22	Second Division	13	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
	Total		55	0	2	0	7	0	64	0

Honours

Port Vale

Staffordshire Senior Cup: 1920
North Staffordshire Infirmary Cup winner: 1920

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References

Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 37. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.
Alfred Bourne at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)

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[kent-1] Kent, Jeff (1996). Port Vale Personalities. Witan Books. p. 37. ISBN 0-9529152-0-0.

[2] Alfred Bourne at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)