Irvine Boocock

Irvine Boocock

Personal information
Full name	Irvine Boocock[1]
Date of birth	27 February 1890
Place of birth	Cleckheaton, England
Date of death	17 November 1941(1941-11-17) (aged 51)[1]
Place of death	Heckmondwike, England
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s)	Left back
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
0000–1910	Sunfield Rovers
1910–1922	Bradford City	169	(1)
1922–1923	Darlington	13	(0)
Total		182	(1)
International career
1914	Football League XI	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Irvine Boocock (27 February 1890 – 17 November 1941) was an English professional footballer who made over 160 appearances in the Football League for Bradford City as a left back.[1][3] He represented the Football League XI.[4]

Sporting career

Born in Cleckheaton, Boocock began his football career with non-League club Sunfield Rovers,[1] before joining First Division club Bradford City in March 1910.[3] Either side of the First World War, Boocock made 184 appearances and scored one goal for the Bantams.[3] He finished his career with a short spell at Third Division North club Darlington, whom he joined in June 1922.[5]

Boocock also played cricket for hometown club Cleckheaton between 1909 and 1932 and later served the club as groundsman and bar steward.[6] He also played for Moorend and Eccleshill.[6]

Personal life

Boocock served as a corporal in the West Yorkshire Regiment during the First World War.[7] He served in five different battalions, including the Leeds Rifles and a Bradford Pals battalion.[7][8] He fell off a bicycle in 1941 and died of his injuries.[9]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Bradford City	1914–15[10]	First Division	30	0	5	0	35	0
	Total		169	1	15	0	184	1
Darlington	1922–23[5]	Third Division North	13	0	2	0	15	0
Career total			182	1	17	0	199	1

References

1. Joyce, Michael (2012). Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939. Nottingham: Tony Brown. p. 31. ISBN 978-1905891610.
2. Stapler (22 August 1921). "First Division prospects. Bradford City". Athletic News. Manchester. p. 5.
3. Frost, Terry (1988). Bradford City: A Complete Record 1903-1988. Breedon Books Sport. pp. 379, 392. ISBN 0-907969-38-0.
4. "Football - 1914 1915 Inter-League Match - English Football League XI 2 Irish Football League XI 1". Imago. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
5. Tweddle, Frank (2000). The Definitive Darlington F.C.: A Statistical History. Tony Brown. ISBN 9781899468157.
6. "History of Cleckheaton". Bradford Premier Cricket League. Retrieved 15 December 2022.
7. "Irvine Boocock | Service Record". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
8. Raw, David (15 June 2006). Bradford Pals. Pen and Sword. ISBN 978-1-4738-1263-5.
9. "News in Brief". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 18 November 1941. p. 10. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
10. "Bradford City Squad 1914/15". Football and the First World War. Retrieved 29 November 2017.