Career
Eyre was born in North Wingfield, the son of Frederick Eyre, a coal miner. His father played a single game for Derbyshire in the 1892 season. Eyre appeared in a single first-class fixture for Derbyshire in the 1908 season, against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia.
Eyre was a right-handed middle-lower order batsman and scored one run in each innings.
Eyre died in Bolton-on-Dearne.