Game #17
Aston Villa
Saturday, 10 November 1883
1st Round
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Won
5-1
🟩 10 Nov 1883, Villa 5-1 Walsall Swifts, The Chuckery
FA Cup
Walsall Swifts
The Chuckery
Attendance: 4,000
On This Day
Villa face Walsall Swifts for the first time in competitive football, Swifts become the 8th team that the Villa first team has played in League or Cup football.
Villa record their biggest FA Cup win to date as they see off the Swifts at the Chuckery as goalkeeper Archibald Vale, full back Tom Riddell and defender Robert Price made their debuts for Villa Meanwhile, forward Archie Hunter scored Villa’s first ever hat-trick in League or Cup football.
GK Archibald Vale | 🏴 | 🟢 |
B Joe Simmonds | 🏴 |
B Tom Riddell | 🏴 | 🟢 |
HB Robert Price | 🏴 | 🟢 |
HB Charles Apperley | 🏴 |
HB Fred Dawson | 🏴 | 🟢 |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴 | 🔥 |
IL Howard Vaughton | 🏴 | ⚽ |
F Wally Roberts | 🏴 |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴 | ⚽ |
CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 | ⚽ | ⚽ | ⚽ |
Management Committee 1879-86
Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions permitted in period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Trophy Record
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Matchday Squad
Unavailable
Not recorded
Team News
Villa hand FA Cup debuts to Archibald Vale, Tom Riddell and Robert Price.
Team Stats
Starting XI Average Age
| 23.99 |
Oldest Player |
IL Eli Davis | 🏴 | 27.96 |
Youngest Player |
CF Olly Whateley | 🏴 | 22.27 |
Debut Appearances
🟢 GK Archibald Vale | 🏴 |
🟢 B Tom Riddell | 🏴 |
🟢 HB Robert Price | 🏴 |
🟢 HB Fred Dawson | 🏴 |
Final Appearances
Starting XI
Scorer(s) | Archie Hunter | 1-0 | 2-0 | 4-0 | Olly Whateley | 3-0 | Howard Vaughton | 5-0 |
Assist(s) | Eli Davis | 3-0 |
Match Timeline
🟢 | 1’ Debut, Archibald Vale, Tom Riddell, Robert Price
⚽ | Goal, 1-0, Archie Hunter
🕒 | HT Walsall Swifts 0-1 Aston Villa
⚽ | Goal, 2-0, Archie Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 3-0, Olly Whateley, Assist by Eli Davis
⚽ | Goal, 4-0, Archie Hunter
⚽ | Goal, 5-0, Howard Vaughton
🥅 | Goal, 5-1, (Walsall Swifts), Farmer
🕒 | FT Walsall Swifts 1-5 Aston Villa
Season | 1883-84 |
Matchday | #1 |
Manager Game | #17 |
Saturday, 10 November 1883
Match Record
Game Record
Manager: Management Committee 1879-86
Referee: C. Crump | 🏴 | Birmingham, 1882-
HT Score: 🟩 1-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 5-1
Last 5: 🟩 🟩 🟩 🟥 🟩
Officials
Referee: C. Crump | 🏴 | Birmingham, 1882-
Umpire: A. Stokes
Previous 5 vs. Walsall Swifts: 🟩
Head to Head
Total 🕒 2 | 🟩 W2 (100% ) | 🟨 D0 | 🇺(100% ) | 🟥 L0 (0% ) | ⚽ 9 | 🥅 2 | GD 7
Match Stats
Not recorded
Management Committee 1879-86
🕒 17 | 🟩 | 11 🟨 | 3 🟥 3 | 2.12
Villa Career Form:
Champions
What they Said
"The brilliant combination displayed by Villa at this period of the game was a treat to witness."
ASTON VILLA v. WALSALL SWIFTS.
This match was played at Walsall on Saturday last, and plenty of excitement was the outcome of the draw, many believing that the Swifts, playing on their ground, would win the match; but the good form shown by the Villa in previous matches proved them be too good for anything in their own district, and this was evident by their win in the above-mentioned match by five goals to one.
In the first half of the game the Villa had considerably the best of play, and at half time the score stood one nothing in their favour; but on change of ends the superior combination of the Birmingham team was altogether too much for their opponents, and goal after goal was registered in quick succession.
Some changes were made in the Swifts' team, and this had an appreciable effect, but they could never cope with their clever antagonists, and the match resulted as above recorded.
All the Villa team played in first class style, Hunter performing magnificently. Jones was strong and powerful for the losing side.
GK W. Phillips
B A. Jones
B A. Alldridge
HB W. Brandrick
HB A. Morris
F R. Davis
F J. Farmer
F T. Farmer
F S. Mills
F J. Higgins
F H. Dyoss
Management Committee
Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Unused Substitutes
No Substitutions Permitted in Period
Yellow Cards (Warnings, Cautions, Bookings)
None
Red Cards (Ordered from Field of Play, Dismissals, Sendings Off)
None
Opposition Trophy Record
FA Cup Winners: ❌
Last Trophy: ❌
Opposition Matchday Squad
Opposition Unavailable
Not Recorded
League Table
1883-84
Playing Squad
GK Archibald Vale | 🏴 | #31 |
Goalkeeper
Where are they now?
GK Billy Clarke | 🏴 | #19 |
Goalkeeper
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D Joe Simmonds | 🏴 | #26 |
Defender
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D Tom Riddell | 🏴 | #30 |
Defender
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M Arthur Brown | 🏴 | #16 |
Midfielder
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M Charles Apperley | 🏴 | #27 |
Midfielder
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M Fred Dawson | 🏴 | #17 |
Midfielder
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M Robert Price | 🏴 | #29 |
Midfielder
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CF Archie Hunter | 🏴 | #5 |
Forward
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F Eli Davis | 🏴 | #3 |
Forward
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F Howard Vaughton | 🏴 | #14 |
Forward
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F Olly Whateley | 🏴 | #18 |
Forward
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F Wally Roberts | 🏴 | #25 |
Forward
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