John Bayne (footballer)

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John Bayne
Personal information
Full name John Bayne[1]
Date of birth 23 November 1877
Place of birth Ramoyle, Scotland[2]
Date of death 21 July 1915(1915-07-21) (aged 37)[3]
Place of death Richebourg-Saint-Vaast, France
Position(s) Centre forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1898 Reading 1 (0)
1899 Brentford 2 (2)
1902–1903 Heart of Midlothian 0 (0)
1903 Raith Rovers 1 (0)
1903 Brentford 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Bayne (23 November 1877 – 21 July 1915) was a Scottish footballer who played in the Southern League for Reading and Brentford as a centre forward.[4] He also played in the Scottish League for Raith Rovers.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Bayne was married with three children.[2] He enlisted in the British Army on 17 February 1896 and served as a private in the Black Watch during the Second Boer War.[2][5] Between the end of his service and the outbreak of the First World War, Bayne worked in a mill in Dunblane.[2] He was recalled to the Black Watch after the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 and was killed by a rifle grenade at Richebourg-Saint-Vaast on the Western Front on 21 July 1915.[2][3] Bayne was buried in St Vaast Post Military Cemetery, Richebourg-l'Avoué.[3]

Career statistics[edit]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Brentford 1899–1900[4] Southern League Second Division 2 2 — 2 2
Raith Rovers 1902–03[1] Scottish League First Division 1 0 — 1 0
Brentford 1902–03[6] Southern League First Division 2 0 — 2 0
Total 4 2 0 0 4 2
Career total 5 2 0 0 5 2

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Litster, John. Record of Pre-War Scottish League Players. Norwich: PM Publications.
  2. ^ a b c d e John Bayne on Lives of the First World War
  3. ^ a b c "Casualty Details". Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
  4. ^ a b White, Eric, ed. (1989). 100 Years Of Brentford. Brentford FC. p. 355. ISBN 0951526200.
  5. ^ White 1989, p. 73.
  6. ^ White 1989, p. 357.
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