Irvine Boocock

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| name = Irvine Boocock

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| fullname = Irvine Boocock

| birth_date = 27 February 1890

| birth_place = Cleckheaton, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1941|11|17|1890|02|27|df=y}}

| death_place = Heckmondwike, England

| height = {{height|ft=5|in=7}}{{Cite news |last=Stapler |date=22 August 1921 |title=First Division prospects. Bradford City |page=5 |work=Athletic News |location=Manchester}}

| position = Left back

| youthyears1 =

| youthclubs1 =

| years1 = {{0|0000}}–1910

| clubs1 = Sunfield Rovers

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| goals1 =

| years2 = 1910–1922

| clubs2 = Bradford City

| caps2 = 169

| goals2 = 1

| years3 = 1922–1923

| clubs3 = Darlington

| caps3 = 13

| goals3 = 0

| totalcaps = 182

| totalgoals = 1

| nationalyears1 = 1914

| nationalteam1 = Football League XI

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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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.{{Cite book |last=Joyce |first=Michael |title=Football League Players' Records 1888 to 1939 |publisher=Tony Brown |year=2012 |isbn=978-1905891610 |location=Nottingham |page=31}}{{Cite book |last=Frost |first=Terry |title=Bradford City: A Complete Record 1903-1988 |publisher=Breedon Books Sport |year=1988 |isbn=0-907969-38-0 |pages=379, 392 |language=English}} He represented the Football League XI.{{Cite web |title=Football - 1914 1915 Inter-League Match - English Football League XI 2 Irish Football League XI 1 |url=https://www.imago-images.com/sp/0018351470 |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=Imago}}

Sporting career

Born in Cleckheaton, Boocock began his football career with non-League club Sunfield Rovers, before joining First Division club Bradford City in March 1910. Either side of the First World War, Boocock made 184 appearances and scored one goal for the Bantams. He finished his career with a short spell at Third Division North club Darlington, whom he joined in June 1922.{{Cite book |last=Tweddle |first=Frank |title=The Definitive Darlington F.C.: A Statistical History |date=2000 |publisher=Tony Brown |isbn=9781899468157 |language=en}}

Boocock also played cricket for hometown club Cleckheaton between 1909 and 1932 and later served the club as groundsman and bar steward.{{Cite web |title=History of Cleckheaton |url=https://www.bradfordcl.com/pages/cleckheaton-history |access-date=15 December 2022 |website=Bradford Premier Cricket League |language=en}} He also played for Moorend and Eccleshill.

Personal life

Boocock served as a corporal in the West Yorkshire Regiment during the First World War.{{Cite web |title=Irvine Boocock {{!}} Service Record |url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/irvine-boocock-service-record/ |access-date=29 November 2017 |website=Football and the First World War |language=en-US}} He served in five different battalions, including the Leeds Rifles and a Bradford Pals battalion.{{Cite book |last=Raw |first=David |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Av_RAwAAQBAJ&dq=irvine+boocock+bradford+city&pg=PT109 |title=Bradford Pals |date=15 June 2006 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=978-1-4738-1263-5 |language=en}} He fell off a bicycle in 1941 and died of his injuries.{{cite news |title=News in Brief |url=https://newspapers.com/article/coventry-evening-telegraph/136491166/ |access-date=8 December 2023 |work=Coventry Evening Telegraph |date=18 November 1941 |pages=10}}

Career statistics

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Bradford City career|date=November 2017}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" \|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan="2" \|Club ! rowspan="2" \|Season ! colspan="3" \|League ! colspan="2" \|FA Cup ! colspan="2" \|Total
Division !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals !Apps !Goals
rowspan="2" \|Bradford City \|1914–15{{Cite news \|title=Bradford City Squad 1914/15 \|language=en-US \|work=Football and the First World War \|url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/bradford-city-squad-1914-15/ \|access-date=29 November 2017}} \|First Division \|30 \|0 \|5 \|0 \|35 \|0
colspan="2" \|Total !169 !1 !15 !0 !184 !1
Darlington \|1922–23 \|Third Division North \|13 \|0 \|2 \|0 \|15 \|0
colspan="3" \|Career total !182 !1 !17 !0 !199 !1

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"

|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

! rowspan="2" |Club

! rowspan="2" |Season

! colspan="3" |League

! colspan="2" |FA Cup

! colspan="2" |Total

Division

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

!Apps

!Goals

rowspan="2" |Bradford City

|1914–15{{Cite news |title=Bradford City Squad 1914/15 |language=en-US |work=Football and the First World War |url=http://www.footballandthefirstworldwar.org/bradford-city-squad-1914-15/ |access-date=29 November 2017}}

|First Division

|30

|35

colspan="2" |Total

!169

!15

!184

Darlington

|1922–23

|Third Division North

|13

|15